Pomfret Towers Author:Angela Thirkell "Alice Barton, a shy young English girl, is invited to her first weekend party at Pomfret Towers, with a formidable earl for her host." — "Mrs. Thirkell possesses a quiet, chuckling humor which is entirely delightful, all of her people are entertaining, and many of them are kind, while even those whom the reader and author heartily dislike are un... more »derstandable in their conceit, their silliness, and their total inability to perceive how thoroughly they are detested by nearly all the rest." - New York Times« less