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Emily Hourican: A House in Winter [2026]

Emily Hourican: A House in Winter [2026]

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Emily Hourican: A House in Winter [2026]

$25.84

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The Story

Set in January 1965, A House in Winter tells the story of the visit of Princess
Margaret and Lord Snowden to his sister''s home in Abbeyleix, Ireland, when
they faced local opposition and IRA petrol bomb attacks that confined them,
without electricity, for 48 fraught hours.
As w ell as the conflict outside the w alls, there''s plenty w ithin, w ith Margaret''s
difficult mother in law gleefully contributing to her disintegrating marriage.
Meanw hile in the nearby village local w oman Cait has struggles of her ow n, unable
to escape family responsibilities and small tow n life. Both Margaret and Cait are
trapped by their circumstances in this gripping novel, based on fact, that reads as a
marriage of The Crown and Maeve Binchy.

Description

Set in January 1965, A House in Winter tells the story of the visit of Princess
Margaret and Lord Snowden to his sister''s home in Abbeyleix, Ireland, when
they faced local opposition and IRA petrol bomb attacks that confined them,
without electricity, for 48 fraught hours.
As w ell as the conflict outside the w alls, there''s plenty w ithin, w ith Margaret''s
difficult mother in law gleefully contributing to her disintegrating marriage.
Meanw hile in the nearby village local w oman Cait has struggles of her ow n, unable
to escape family responsibilities and small tow n life. Both Margaret and Cait are
trapped by their circumstances in this gripping novel, based on fact, that reads as a
marriage of The Crown and Maeve Binchy.
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