COMING SOON - THE AUDIO EDITION OF THIS FASCINATING BOOK, READ BY RUTH HERSELF.
Country House Secrets: Behind Closed Doors
This is the world that Ruth Binney has brought so wonderfully to life in her book". Praise from foreword writer Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey.
Inside the country house, what exactly were the duties of the master's valet and the lady's maid? How did these fit into the daily routine? And what were the protocols for visitors? The answers to these, and many more questions, are revealed in this entertaining and intimate guide to the self-contained world of the country house. Find out the answers to these intriguing questions...
PAINTINGS
Lockdown Walks (3) Ploughing at Chilthorne Domer, Somerset. Acrylic on paper. 400 x 300 mm
Ruth paints in acrylic from photographs and from nature is is happy to accept commissions. Some of the paintings in her gallery are for sale as indicated. Contact her for more details.
Ruth Binney (neé Chanter) spent her childhood in Tiverton where her father was a housemaster at Blundell’s School. She is now settled in Yeovil, Somerset, and engaged in a variety of projects which include both writing and painting. Her latest book, Garden Wildlife on Trial, a sequel to Weeds on Trial will initially to be available as an e-book. She has completed several landscape painting commissions and is also helping to create a series of children’s books. As well as time with family and friends, and enjoying the countryside and her garden, walking netball, painting classes and board games are among the many activities she enjoys.
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CONSULTANCY
Ruth acts as a consultant to publishers on the development and commissioning of new book projects in a wide range of subjects including cookery, gardening, home making, health, popular science and word books. She also takes on the checking of edited texts in these areas. For David and Charles she was most recently the editor of a new edition of Brian Martin’s Country Lives Remembered and commissioning editor of their successful ‘Voices’ series.
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