Description
The foundation of Stowe as a Public School in 1923 saved a fine eighteenth-century mansion from demolition and the surrounding landscape gardens from being built upon or farmed. Stowe Legends tells of a host of intriguing characters who, under the inspirational headmaster J.F. Roxburgh, set about making a success of the ambitious new school that had inherited a grand, but somewhat down-at-heel home. Here, as never before, are vivid insights into its daily life during the Roxburgh era (1923-49), told from the perspective of many of the leading characters.
Notable personalities include novelist T.H. White. Shakespearean scholar G. Wilson Knight, and Stowe's glamorous first woman teacher, Doreen Watt. Omnipresent throughout the whole narrative is the common denominator in all the Legends' lives, John Fergusson Roxburgh, adroitly presiding over 'the many-coloured web of Stowe' and somehow ensuring that, despite all vicissitudes, the ground-breaking educational ambitions of 1923 would triumphantly take root in Stowe's unique Arcadian setting.
About the Author
Anthony Meredith has been a widely published author since his first book (a double cricketing biography) back in 1987. Much of his work has been biographical, but he has also been busy as a sportswriter. He supports several football teams, especially Spurs, and is a long-time member of MCC. He is now retired and lives in Buckinghamshire.
Book Information
ISBN 9781805141884
Author Anthony Meredith
Format Hardback
Page Count 280
Imprint Matador
Publisher Troubador Publishing
