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The Castle on the Hill
The Castle on the Hill | Elizabeth Goudge
8 posts | 3 read | 4 to read
Amid the chaos of the Second World War comes a charming story of courage and friendship, from the author of Green Dolphin Country and A City of Bells. In the summer of 1940, as the darkest days of the Second World War approach, a chance encounter on a train leads Miss Brown to become housekeeper at the Castle. Hidden in a quiet, rural corner of England, the crumbling castle is home to lonely historian Mr Birley and his nephews, fighter pilot Richard and fair, peace-loving Stephen. With young evacuees Moppet and Poppet, and mysterious violinist Jo Isaacson, this unexpected family of strangers come to rely on each other as the devastations of war rage on.
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quietjenn
The Castle on the Hill | Elizabeth Goudge
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I am so not ready for the weekend to be over. Still, hoping to finish this before it is.

LeahBergen I have this one waiting on my shelves 👍 3y
Ruthiella I am also not ready for Monday! 😭 3y
Cathythoughts No to Monday ! Look forward to your review 👍 sounds good. 3y
BookBabe Ditto Cathy‘s comment! 3y
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SusanLee
Castle on the Hill | Elizabeth Goudge
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This prompt reminds me of one of my favourite songs from #edsheeren #castle #julyjourneys @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs 👏🏻🧡 🏰❤️ 3y
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SayersLover
Castle on the Hill | Elizabeth Goudge
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“... Forgive me, I am one of those garrulous old men who once the handle is turned run on until checked, and being a writer I have developed a fatal facility.”

LeahBergen I still have this one waiting on my shelves. 🙄 3y
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RamsFan1963
The Castle on the Hill | Elizabeth Goudge
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I always think of Poe's classic The Fall of The House of Usher when someone says #CastleontheHill

#WanderingJune @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB I have read that one but somehow I don‘t remember much about it ☺️ 5y
RamsFan1963 @BarbaraBB I probably remember the movie version, with Vincent Price, better than the book. I had my Poe phase during my late teens where i devoured everything i could find by him. 5y
gradcat Ooooo, I love, love, love this picture! 5y
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LeahBergen
The Castle on the Hill | Elizabeth Goudge
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Well, that was an easy one. 😉

#CastleOnTheHill
#WanderingJune

Leftcoastzen 😂 5y
rubyslippersreads What a gorgeous copy! 😍 5y
scripturient Am I the only one hearing Ed Sheeran singing in their mind? 5y
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TrishB 👍🏻😘 5y
JennyM Perfect 👌 5y
Centique @scripturient nope! I‘m hearing it too 😊 5y
batsy What a sweet cover! 5y
erzascarletbookgasm Excellent! Love these vintage covers. 5y
Reviewsbylola Love it! 🥰 5y
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megnews
The Castle on the Hill | Elizabeth Goudge
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From my tbr stack, set in Germany shortly after WWII. #CastleontheHill #WanderingJune

Freespirit I just finished this as an audiobook..really liked it! 5y
Crazeedi I enjoyed this one, kinda different 5y
gradcat Nice response to the prompt 👍 5y
Alex100 Hello how you doing I just went through your page and you have a pretty interesting point of view so I was wondering if we could be friends 5y
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arlenefinnigan
The Castle on the Hill | Elizabeth Goudge
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BarbaraBB Spot-on as usual 💕 5y
gradcat Nicely done!! 👍♥️😊 5y
rubyslippersreads This is the first one I thought of. 😊 5y
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JennyM
The Castle on the Hill | Elizabeth Goudge
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Castle Hill Bookshop in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. Now that‘s my kind of #CastleOnTheHill 📚

#WanderingJune

BarbaraBB Looks like a dream 😍😍 5y
Kalalalatja 😍😍 5y
Cinfhen 🥰🤩🙌🏻❣️ 5y
Cathythoughts It‘s beautiful 😍 5y
gradcat Oh, yes, I love this post! Thanks for this ♥️ 5y
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