Cottage on a Cliff

The Minack Chronicles

by Derek Tangye

Cottage on a cliff Tangye, Derek

Genres: British Literature

Audio Cassette

First published May 25, 1989

About the author

During WWII, Derek Tangye worked for MI5 (the U.K.'s domestic counter-intelligence and security agency) and, after the war, he worked as a newspaper columnist. His wife, Jeannie Nicol Tangye, was a hotel PR executive. They both left their jobs in the city to move to a simple cottage on a flower farm in Cornwall.

Reviews

[Diane in Australia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another of Derek Tangye's wonderful books. This book includes tales of their cat, Lama; their donkeys, Penny and Fred; another cat, Felix, who 'visited' for awhile and, of course, many wild animals that inhabit the countryside, and are a part of their daily lives. Derek knows how to describe those small pleasures that make his time at the cottage so rewarding. He, and his wife, Jeannie, never take their wonderful new life among the joys of such a beautiful natural setting for granted.

Derek was a newspaper columnist (during WWII he worked for MI5) and his wife was a hotel PR executive, before they gave it all up to move into a simple cottage on a clifftop, and raise daffodils. Their home was near St. Buryan, in Cornwall, England.

This book is one of many he wrote about their life.

5 Stars = Exceptional. It made a significant impact.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Typical perfect little book by Tangye, going to read them all