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The Great White Palace by Tony Porter (Paperback, 2003)
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The Great White Palace, Porter, Tony, Like New Condition Book. Width : 12.6 cmHeight : 2.2 cmLength : 19.6 cmAuthor : Porter, Tony. Title: The Great White Palace. Publisher : Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group).
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In 1986 Tony Porter and his wife, Beatrice, gave up their successful careers as fashion consultants in London's West End to buy Burgh Island, off the south Devon coast, with its near-derelict, long-forgotten Art Deco hotel. Up to their necks in debt and with a massive programme of repairs and maintenance ahead of them, they gradually laboured to restore it to its former glory and transform it into the beautiful, luxurious place it is today. Like St Michael's Mount, Burgh Island was originally the site of a medieval monastery. Cut off from the mainland at high tide, it has also been a notorious smugglers' paradise and it is said that the ghost of one Tom Crocker still haunts the island. Since the hotel's inception in 1929 the rich and famous have been holidaying there; not only did Agatha Christie come (And Then There Were None and Evil under the Sun were both based on the island), but so did Edward, Prince of Wales with Wallis Simpson, Mountbatten, Noel Coward and many others. Written with warmth and wit, Tony Porter's The Great White Palace is a captivating and inspirational adventure set in a unique place. It is also an affectionate and entertaining reminder of the giddy deligProduct Identifiers
PublisherTransworld LTD
ISBN-139780553814170
eBay Product ID (ePID)89415110
Product Key Features
Publication Year2003
SubjectHistory
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Great White Palace
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories
AuthorTony Porter
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Weight306 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorTony Porter
TopicPeople
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- 21 Apr, 2021
Art deco bliss
Awaiting to visit April 2021 one to cross off the bucket list !! Birthday present so this was a amazing and interesting readVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 29 Aug, 2016
Interesting account
Really enjoyed this book. I have a passion for Art Deco and was lucky enough to have stayed at Burgh Island twice so it was interesting to hear the story of its return to its former splendour and all the characters that played a part. The anecdotes in the book brought it to life!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 14 Sep, 2021
lightweight recent history of hotel
Great if your interested in the history and restoration of this unique hotelVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
