The Town House

Can a house built from the ashes of tragedy ever be a placeof lasting happiness? Can the hereditary mix of wild gypsylore, fierce independence, magic and mystery truly settle in arespectable home?The Town House is the first in Norah Lofts’ enduringly popularSuffolk Trilogy about the Old Vine at Baildon. Built in the latefourteenth century by Martin Reed, a runaway serf who haddefied his master for the woman he loved, the house was tochange and grow for six centuries. In its very foundations itheld secrets and lies, passionate love and deep despair.The vast scope of The Suffolk Trilogy — continued with TheHouse at Old Vine and The House at Sunset — involves the readerin a fascinating journey through time. In The Town House,Norah Lofts evokes fourteenth- and fifteenth-century life fromthe perspective of five different characters. Her sympathetictouch and ability to imbue each character with life involves usfrom the first to the last page. She convincingly recreates thehistorical era in which each character lives, not merely to setthe scene but to add an understanding of why and how theyact as they do.