'I read most of it in one exciting sitting. It's brilliant, gripping and sad. The personal romantic memoir is terrific'

Harry Mount, editor of The Oldie

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'It never fails to entertain, a compulsive and entertaining read'

Sir Roy Strong

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"Hilarious....Restoration Heart conveys the transformative power of good architecture.. this book is one to be treasured"

The New Criterion (The Editors 'critic's pick') in New York

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"A funny and unexpectedly touching book" Country Life

"A riotously colourful book" Mail on Sunday

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"Immensely readable... Laugh-out-loud funny, Restoration Heart is a delightful true story of love, hope and redemption by one of the foremost society writers of our day"

Tatler

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"An excellent memoir"

Nicholas Coleridge

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'Recommended' by the New Statesman as a memoir of 'unexpected poignancy'

 

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"This entertaining, often poignant book, is straight out of Waugh or Wodehouse"

Clare Asquith, Catholic Herald

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"A touching, entertaining memoir which traces the twin track restoration of a broken heart and dilapidated Shropshire Manor"

Brendan Walsh, Editor, The Tablet

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"An endearing story of rebuilding and restoring"

You magazine

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"A good read"

Presenter Aasmah Mir, BBC Radio 4 Saturday Live

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"A very amusing and candid memoir"

Jeremy Musson, architectural historian and broadcaster

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"I'm very much enjoying Restoration Heart"

John Challis, aka Boycie from Only Fools and Horses

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"Cash emerges as a flamboyant character ... a classically English romantic ...Cash's transition is genuinely endearing"

Philippa Stockley, The Art Newspaper

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"Wittilly recounted and moving"

Mary Killen, The Lady

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"Recommended" as an Editor's Pick in Historic House magazine

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William Cash’s ‘Restoration Heart’ beats with humour, longing, resilience and a love of history and his place in the world. I count myself among his history, as a distant cousin, which is a source of great delight for both of us. The love of language and the search for beauty and redemption are hardwired into our Cash genes, and he writes about his particular search with great eloquence, and with sad but wry observations of his journey. I loved ‘Restoration Heart’, and I am certain that even those who are not ‘cousins' will love it as well."

Rosanne Cash, Grammy award winning singer-songwriter and author, daughter of Johnny Cash