Thomson, David,  1914-1988, <br/><br/>
Woodbrook / 
David Thomson. 
 - 322 pages ;  20 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: London : Barrie & Jenkins, 1974. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Woodbrook is a rare house that gives its name to a small, rural area in Ireland, not far from the old port of Sligo. It has been owned since the seventeenth century by the Anglo-Irish Kirkwoods. In 1932, David Thomson, aged eighteen, went there are a tutor. He stayed for ten years.This memoir, acknowledged as a masterpiece, grew out of two great loves - for Woodbrook and for Phoebe, his pupil. In it he builds up a delicate, lyrical picture of a gentle pre-war society, of Irish history and troubled Anglo-Irish relations, and of a delightful family. Above all, his story reverberates with the enchantment of falling in love and with the desolation of bereavement.--Back cover. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>009935991X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Thomson, David, 1914-1988 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Authors, Scottish--20th century--Biography
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR6070.H677  / Z52 2002