Confusion Room, The (Windsor Selections S.)

by Derek Tangye (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1998

  $3.49

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $3.76

  Delving into letters, papers and diaries in the Confusion Room , Derek Tangye finds snatches of his past and weaves them into the story of his life today at Minack, his remote Cornish cottage. He lives there alone since his wife Jeannie died, with his donkeys Merlin and Susie. He is never lonely because readers from all over the world come to see him, to feel the tranquility of Minack expressed in his books. That tranquility, however, has been interrupted. Somebody is destroying the innocence of Minack, using the cliff meadows where Derek and Jeannie once grew daffodils, to grow cannibis. Enraged, Derek notifies the police and the CID to come to investigate. This autobiography tells two stories. One unravels the contents of The Confusion Room . The other is a story of suspense: the hunt for the culprit, vandalizing the meadows which Derek and Jeannie nurtured and loved.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1996

  $3.49

  This is the 19th of Derek Tangye's autobiographical books about his life at the cliftop cottage at Minack, on the Cornish coast. In this book he dips into memories from his past, setting them against his evocations of another year of country life and his cottage. In this book Tangye begins to explore the stable room known as the Confusion Room . It contains a jumble of boxes and suitcases holding the secrets and paraphernalia of his life with his wife Jeannie. Delving into letters, papers and diaries, he finds insights into his earlier life - his family history, his journey round the world, his courtship of Jeannie - and the destiny that inspired them to leave behind Derek's wartime role as a member of MI5 and Jeannie's career as publicity officer at the Savoy Hotel for the peace of Minack. Tangye weaves these snatches of the past into the story of his life - now alone - at Minack today. Someone has been growing cannabis on the cliff meadows that Jeannie and he once nurtured. While CID officers investigate, he enjoys the simple pleasures of country life through the seasons and the companionship of his donkeys, Merlin and Susie, and his little black cat Cherry.