The Fox In The Attic Book

That it is not universally acknowledged as such is attributable to its author s inveterate reticence and obstinate indifference to working his career as a writer.

The fox in the attic book.

Unjustly suspected of having had a hand in the murder of a young girl augustine takes refuge in the remote castle of bavarian relatives. 12 ounces paperback. 4 96 x 0 89 x 7 97 inches language. 344 pages isbn 10.

The fox in the attic is the first volume of what richard hughes intended to be a trilogy of historical novels dealing with europe and north america between the two world wars told through the interlinked lives of its main characters and their connections with historical events and people. He is well worth the effort. At once a novel of ideas and an exploration of the dark spaces of the heart it is a book in which the past returns in all its original uncertainty and strangeness. 1st edition february 28 2001 product dimensions.

The fox in the attic like its no less remarkable sequel the wooden shepherdess offers a richly detailed tolstoyan overview of the modern world in upheaval. The fox in the attic is one of the very great novels of its time. The fox in the attic is the first volume of what richard hughes intended to be a trilogy of historical novels dealing with europe and north america between the two world wars told through the interlinked lives of its main characters and their connections with historical events and people. Every reader in consequence has to discover richard hughes.