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1474618650

A funny thing happened on the way : discover the 1960s trend for buying land on a Greek island and building a house : how hard could it be?

Author: Spain, Nancy.

Publication year: 2021

Language: English

Media class: Paperback

Classification: 910.4

Publisher: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2021.

ISBN: 9781474618656 (pbk.) : 8.99

Notes:

Nancy Spain was one of the most celebrated - and notorious - writers and broadcasters of the 40s, 50s and 60s. Hilarious, controversial and brilliant, she lived openly as a lesbian (sharing a household with her two lovers and their various children) and was frequently litigated against for her newspaper columns - Evelyn Waugh successfully sued her for libel - twice. Nancy Spain had a deep love of the Mediterranean. So it was no surprise when, in the 1960s, she decided to build a place of her own on the Greek island of Skiathos. With an impractical nature surpassed only by her passion for the project, and despite many obstacles, she gloriously succeeded.