description: August, 1939. Five cousins gather for the annual summer ritual of a holiday at their aunt's house in Cornwall; for most of them it is the last summer of their youth. The heady exhilarations of the freedoms brought on by loss of innocence, and fear, are around the corner. War will change everything.
language: English
title: The Camomile Lawn
titlecomplete: The Camomile Lawn
characters: Calypso, Uncle Richard Cuthbertso, Aunt Helena, Oliver, Polly, Walter
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, British Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 4451
places: England, Cornwall, England, London, England
publisher: Hodder & Stoughton