Thenford: The Creation of an English Garden

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Beautifully illustrated over 320 pages with both professional photographs and private family images, this personal story of the creation of an extraordinary garden will delight horticultural experts and novices alike.

Thenford House is an Italianate mansion, but it’s the grounds that have been the main focus of Michael’s energy away from politics over the last four decades. Michael and Anne Heseltine give an illustrated talk on their new book Thenford - The Creation of an English Garden. Their daily conversations with leaders and decision makers from Wall Street to Washington and beyond cover the latest in business, investment, and geopolitics. At the thought, I surmise, of large family groups with screaming toddlers and a pram carving its way across the grass, a cloud crosses Michael’s face. Press photos have been available to the public for just a few years, and similar to baseball cards, they have attracted investors and collectors.

This personal story of the creation of an extraordinary garden will delight horticultural experts and novices alike. At that moment, in the driveway visible through the window behind her, I see a rangy 83-year-old in corduroy trousers and purple socks, his luxuriant hair buffeted by the wind, whistling past in a golf buggy. The woman in question was a poor choice for the job, Lady Heseltine thinks: “I forget her name, but she is married to … Alan . They describe the ups and downs of how they set about transforming and expanding a wild, overgrown and often dilapidated woodland at Thenford into the magnificent garden they have today. Having begun his career as a property developer, he became one of the founders of the publishing house Haymarket.

Jeremy Allen White is given the 'perfect face' based on science - so, do YOU think the actor looks more attractive? This captivating image, taken in November 1990 by Arnold Slater from Memory Lane Prints, depicts Anne Heseltine, wife of Michael Heseltine MP, as speculation swirled about her potential role as Prime Minister, should her husband succeed Margaret Thatcher.

Her expression hints at the weighty responsibilities she may soon shoulder alongside her husband in this new chapter for British politics. Now the Heseltines want more people to enjoy the peace, tranquillity and beauty of Thenford so they’ve extended the number of opening days this year.

All our press photos are LIMITED ARCHIVE ORIGINALS - they are the actual prints that were used by the newspapers, they are not reprints or digital prints produced by us. Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. So there's that wonderful moment when there are primroses, snowdrops and forgetmenots altogether in the spring garden, and it’s suddenly a sea of bloom.In the meantime, whatever is happening outside, however much those beyond the gate are screeching about Marmite and the royal yacht Britannia and immigrants’ teeth, the garden will endure. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.