The House at Old Vine

Written by Norah Lofts

Narrated by Martyn Read and Juliet Prague

The House at Old Vine is the second in a trilogy of novels by Norah Lofts about the inhabitants of a Suffolk house from the late fourteenth century to the middle of the twentieth. Covering the turbulent years of 1496 to 1680, it follows six generations of the descendants of Martin Reed, who founded the “House” dynasty through his act of rebellion in *The Town House*, through persecution, war and revolution, from the era of Christopher Columbus to the Restoration of Charles II. Written with Lofts’ customary attention to historical detail, this novel follows intriguing characters who lived and died for what they believed in.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Soundings
• Release date: Nov 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781407950594

Norah Lofts

Norah Lofts was one of the best known and best loved of all historical novelists, renowned for her authentic use of period detail. Born in 1904 in Norfolk, England, Lofts wrote more than fifty books of fiction, nonfiction, and short stories over the course of her half-century-long writing career, including The King's Pleasure and Here Was a Man, and was a bestselling author on both sides of the Atlantic.