The great white palace
By: Tony Porter
Publisher: Deerhill
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780955072703
Subjects: Homes and haunts; Literary landmarks; Description and travel; Homes; Travel; Burgh Island Hotel
Description: Agatha Christie and all that jazz - the magical story of Burgh Island and its hotel In 1986 Tony Porter and his wife had successful careers as fashion consultants in London's West End where he ran the fashion store Biba. On holiday in the West Country, they fell in love with and gave up everything to buy Burgh Island, off the coast of Devon, with its near-derelict, long-forgotten Art Deco hotel. Over the next ten years they laboured to restore it to its former glory and transformed it into the beautiful, luxurious place it is today. Since the hotel's inception in 1929, the rich and famous have been holidaying there and Tony Porter's The Great White Palace is an affectionate and entertaining reminder of the giddy delights of a bygone era.
Notes: Originally published: Doubleday, 2002.