Bøger af Elizabeth Wilhide

A superbly illustrated compendium of over 1,500 of the world's most popular and influential patterns.

The Repair Shop - with regular viewing figures of 7 million in the UK alone - has cemented itself as a BBC classic series. This new book focuses on the crafts which the experts specialise in, from woodwork and ceramics to leather restoration and metalwork. Learn about heirloom crafts and the importance of restoration in an increasingly fast-paced, throwaway culture. Featuring brand new stories about never-seen-before objects, learn about the skills and techniques at the centre of the workshop of dreams and hear about the many lives these experts touch.

The Repair Shop is a captivating novel by the talented author, Elizabeth Wilhide. Published in 2022 by the renowned Octopus Publishing Group, this book promises to take you on a remarkable journey. The story unfolds in a repair shop, a place where broken things are given a new lease of life, and where people find hope and redemption. Elizabeth Wilhide masterfully weaves a tale that is as much about the human spirit as it is about the art of restoration. This book belongs to a genre that is both timeless and universal, appealing to readers who appreciate a well-told story. If you are looking for a book that will touch your heart and stir your soul, The Repair Shop by Elizabeth Wilhide is a must-read. Published by Octopus Publishing Group, it is a testament to the power of storytelling and the enduring appeal of literature.

Spring 2010, and when Charlie and Ros inherit Ashenden from their aunt Reggie a decision must be made. The beautiful eighteenth-century house, set in acres of English countryside, is in need of serious repair. Do they try to keep it in the family, or will they have to sell?Moving back in time, in an interwoven narrative spanning two and a half centuries, we witness the house from its beginnings through to the present day. Along the way we meet those who have built the house, lived in it and loved it; those who have worked in it, and those who would subvert it to their own ends, including Mrs Trimble, housekeeper to the rackety, spendthrift Mores; the wealthy Henderson family, in their Victorian heyday; six-year-old Pudge; Walter Beckmann, prisoner in its grounds; and Reggie and Hugo, agents of its postwar revival.Through good times and bad, the better we get to know the house, the more we care about its survival. A novel about people, architecture and living history, Ashenden is an evocative and allusive reflection on England and its past.

'Heart-wrenching . . . intoxicating . . . a very English Anna Karenina' The Times'Vivid, candid, engaging. So honest' Helen Dunmore Suffolk, 1939: Julia Compton has a beautifully well-ordered life. Once a promising musician, she now has a handsome husband who pays the bills, a young son she adores and a housekeeper who takes care of her comfortable home. Then on the eve of war something unexpected happens. She falls in love.The consequences are devastating. Cut off from family and friends, Julia loses everything. Penniless, denied access to her son, completely unequipped to fend for herself, she is cast adrift in wartime London with her bohemian filmmaker lover Dougie. As invasion looms and the bombs rain down her struggle is only beginning.While Dougie seeks truth wherever he can find it, Julia finds herself lost. Before long, ruined and broken, she faces a choice - succumb to her fate, or fight to forge a new identity in the heat of war.