The Brandons Author:Angela Thirkell Pomfret Towers is a very old estate in Barsetshire County where so many of Thirkell's novels take place. All beautifully written with clever innuendoes and very interesting characters. Set back in a quieter time before WWII when people still had manners of sorts, spoke a proper language, and conducted themselves in a somewhat more civilized ma... more »nner.« less