This is a biography of Kathleen and Frank Isherwood, written by their son who wrote "Goodbye to Berlin", "A Single Man" and "Christopher and His Kind". Based on their letters and Kathleen's diary it is the story of their times, and is full of public events and period atmosphere - the relief of Ladysmith, the funeral of Queen Victoria, Bleriot's flight across the English Channel, Sara Bernhardt's Hamlet, the beginning of the troubles in Ireland, hunt balls, changing fashions, servant problems, suffragettes, army life in barracks and in battle.
- ISBN10 0413646106
- ISBN13 9780413646101
- Publish Date 6 September 1990 (first published 21 October 1971)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 August 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Methuen Publishing Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 384
- Language English