Dodie Smith

Have just started reading Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle. I have been meaning to read it for years and earlier this evening, when I was looking for something else on the shelf, I came across my (unread) copy.

Many years ago I read A Tale of Two Families by the same author. I became totally immersed in the atmosphere of this book and still remember the special lunch that the grandfather (Baggy?) had prepared for the families; asparagus and strawberries.