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The great white palace

Paperback • 2003 • English • 1. edition

The great white palace

By Tony Porter

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About the book

In 1986 Tony Porter and his wife, Beatrice, gave up their successful London careers 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 o...Show more

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ISBN

9780553814170

Publisher

Bantam Books

Published year

2003

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The great white palace

Format

Paperback

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