The Camomile Lawn: Mary Wesley - Softcover

"Provides equal does of sex and repression in war-torn Britain with panache and pace" (The Times)

"A very good book indeed...rich in detail, careful and subtle in observation, mature in judgement" (Susan Hill)

"Extraordinarily accomplished and fast-moving" (Financial Times)

"It's hard to overpraise Mary Wesley's novel...so tingling and spry with life that put a mirror to the book and I'll almost swear it will mist over with the breath of the five young cousins" (The Times)

Oliver is just back from the Spanish Civil War and world-weary at only nineteen. Calypso is gorgeous, utterly selfish and determined to marry for money. Polly and Walter, brother and sister, play their cards close to their chests. Then there's little Sophie, who nobody loves. Soon the world will be swept into war again and the five cousins will enter a whirligig of sex, infidelity, love and loss, but for now they have one last, gaspingly hot summer at the house by the cliffs with the camomile lawn.

A beloved bestseller from an author ahead of her time, The Camomile Lawn is a waspishly witty, devil-may-care delight.