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"1919: After surviving the Great War, Major Brendan Archer makes his way to Ireland, hoping to discover whether he is indeed betrothed to Angela Spencer, whose Anglo-Irish family owns the once-aptly-named Majestic Hotel in Kilnalough. But his fiance;e is strangely altered and her family's fortunes have suffered a spectacular decline. The hotel's hundreds of rooms are disintegrating on a grand scale; its few remaining guests thrive on rumors and games of whist; herds of cats have taken over the Imperial Bar and the upper stories; bamboo shoots threaten the foundations; and piglets frolic in…
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6 editions- Paperback · English · 1993Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) · 446 pages · 9781857990188
- Paperback · English · 1975Irish Book Center · 416 pages · 9780140039733
- Other · English · 2002New York Review Books · 459 pages · 9781590170182
- Other · English · 1984Fontana · 445 pages · 9780006540465
- Other · English · 1972Alfred A. Knopf · 9780394472027
- Other · English · 1971Knopf · 445 pages · 9780224619004
World War, 1914-1918Family-owned business enterprisesFictionHotelsVeteransHistoryIreland, fictionFiction, historical, general