An Englishman's home is his castle. Or at least it should be. But as Anthony Anscombe surveys Winchford Priory, his beautiful Elizabethan house in Oxfordshire, he has the distinct feeling that he's under siege. He may be surrounded by his sprawling estate and one of the best pheasant shoots in the country, but lurking in the village are more than one or two reminders of a life well-lived...Wife No 1 was the hauntingly beautiful girl he married as a teenager in a impulsive rush of hedonism. Amanda never quite took to rural life as wife of a country squire and disappeared into the night...Wife No 2 came to Anthony's rescue. Solid, dependable and relentlessly practical, Sandra would never do something as flighty her predecessor, but brought with her trials of her own...And Wife No 3 is a force of nature. Effortlessly glamorous and achingly wealthy, Dita storms through Anthony's life, organising and rearranging...With the entire cast of his life roosting in different houses in the village, it's no wonder Anthony Anscombe can't find any peace...
Author Biography
Nicholas Coleridge is managing director of Conde Nast in Britain, the magazine house that publishes Vogue, Tatler and House & Garden, among others. He lives in London with his wife and four children.
