Product Description

This travel story is shot through with the Elizabeth von Arnim's special self-deprecating wit and character sketches. There's the bishop's wife and her "personable" son, a dressmaker, and Elizabeth's long-lost cousin Charlotte who is trying to escape her pursuing husband.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #371852 in Books
• Published on: 1990-11-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

LISA ST AUBIN DE TERAN
'A mistress of irony'

DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Delicious confection'

KATE SAUNDERS
'She was keenly aware of the powerlessness of an intelligent woman in a male dominated world'

Customer Reviews

A correction to the on-line summary
It is Gertrud, the maid, who goes on "knitting and knitting", not "a woman friend". "Elizabeth" makes great play at the beginning of this book that she could get no woman friend to accompany her...

witty Victorian writer visits German island
The Bill Bryson of her day, Elizabeth von Arnim is never less than entertaining. This outing will find favour with her established fans, but Elizabeth and Her German Garden offers more humour and is a better introduction to her work