Thrumpton Hall

<p>A biography and family memoir by turns hilarious and heart-wrenching Miranda Seymour's <em>Thrumpton Hall</em> is a riveting frequently shocking and ultimately unforgettable true story of the devastating consequences of obsessive desire and misplaced love.<br /><br />Dear Thrumpton how I miss you tonight. When twenty-one-year-old George Seymour wrote these words in 1944 the object of his affection was not a young woman but the beautiful country house in Nottinghamshire that he desired above all else. Miranda Seymour would later be raised at Thrumpton Hall--her upbringing far from idyllic as life revolved around her father's odd capriciousness. The house took priority over everything even his family--until the day when George Seymour in his golden years began dressing in black leather and riding powerful motorbikes around the countryside in the company of surprising friends.<br /><br />For fans of <em>Downton Abbey</em>--the show's creator Julian Fellowes called it brilliant original and intensely readable--<em>Thrumpton Hall</em> is a poignant and memorable true story of family.</p>