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21 kwi 1988 · The Choir is about a limited time period in the life of a small community, the cathedral and choir school at Aldminster, and what happens when the stonework begins to crumble. Money must be found or saved, cuts must be made, unthinkable changes are considered.
by Joanna Trollope. In the gentle precinct of Aldminster Cathedral, crisis loomed. The urbane and worldly Dean (Purdey guns and the regular arrival of a delivery van from Berry Brothers) wanted nothing so much as to restore and beautify his beloved Cathedral - even if it meant sacrificing the Choir School to pay for it.
Joanna Trollope's first* novel 'The Choir' focuses on a group of people whose lives centre around Aldminster Cathedral; there is Alexander Troy, headmaster of King's School, whose wife, Felicity, suffering from the pressures of being a clergyman's wife, has temporarily disappeared; there is the Dean, Hugh Cavendish, a quietly autocratic man ...
29 sie 1995 · Joanna Trollope recreates the world of an English cathedral school in The Choir just as she has recreated village life in so many of her other novels, with an unerring ability to place the reader dead center in the unique setting.
Lose yourself in this absorbing and touching novel about change and the challenge to accept it from multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope. Beautifully written with exquisitely drawn characters and demonstrating a superb ability to understand people and relationships, it is perfect for readers of Elizabeth Noble, Erica James and ...
Lose yourself in this absorbing and touching novel about change and the challenge to accept it from multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope.
The Choir Hardcover – 1 Sept. 1995. by Joanna Trollope (Author) 4.0 1,796 ratings. See all formats and editions. A confrontation between the Dean of Aldminster Cathedral and the headmaster of the Choir School involves the necessity to sacrifice the school in order to restore the cathedral, and results in community-wide rifts. 25,000 first printing.
