One gets the sense that Rothschild is working on a series of novels, rather like Elizabeth Jane Howard’s Cazalet Chronicles, centring on different family members each time The perfect summer read: mischievous and delicious. I devoured it in one go.' Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace The genius of this film is that it captures the bits in between to create an unforgettable portrait' Stephen Frears, The Evening Standard

While it is possible to read ‘High Time’ on its own, I would suggest that it is best to read ‘House of Trelawney’ first to meet the characters when they are first introduced and appreciate the various storylines. Exuberant. revels in satirising English attitudes to class, cash and family scandal' - Mail on Sunday Tomlinson Sleet is an appalling ‘vulgarian,’ motivated by narcissism, greed, and a need for attention—A combination of Scrooge, the Grinch, and a certain politician who will not be named. Sleet has married three wives, possessions who soon lost their luster after he obtained them.

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Snappy and sexy - Hannah Rothschild has written a racy rural satire on the decline of the English aristocracy which captures the spirit of our times. Witty and irreverent - but never without the human touch.' Lionel Barber, Editor Financial Times It's the most beguiling music film since Eastwood's Straight No Chaser.' Peter Florence, Director Hay Festival of Literature and Ideas The perfectly named, utterly repulsive character Thomlinson Sleet dominates these books, affecting if not outright destroying the lives of the Trelawneys in various ways. He is spiteful, boorish, thin-skinned, and worth billions. What was the inspiration behind such a villain, and who would you want to play him in a movie?

The Baroness traces Nica's extraordinary, thrilling journey – from England's stately homes to the battlefields of Africa, passing under the shadow of the Holocaust, and finally to the creative ferment of the New York jazz scene. Hannah Rothschild's search to solve the mystery of her rebellious great aunt draws on their long friendship and years of meticulous research and interviews. It is part musical odyssey, part dazzling love story.A satirical comedy of manners on the ways business and finance interact - and is a whole lot of fun too. Wonderful and fanciful...High Time is fast-paced and high energy, but also contains moment of real sentiment. Hannah proves her deftness for wit and style in this Mitfordesque satire. High art hustles and Cornish castles, High Time is perfect escapist reading with real heart."- City AM Rothschild was formerly a trustee of the Whitechapel Gallery and the ICA. She was the co-founder of the charity Artists on Film. Novel of the week . It all adds up to an ingenious meditation on the true value of art - timely indeed at a moment when paintings and sculpture seem to have become just another currency.' Rothschild teases out green shoots with skill and humour (she won the Wodehouse Everyman Bollinger prize for her novel 'The Improbability of Love'). ...a writer of high intelligence and she shakes old tropes into something more akin to John Lanchester's blistering social satire 'Capitalism.' Kate Atkinson, The Times The art expert chat is always a triumph. What more can I say? It's my Book of the Year already.¹ BARBARA TRAPIDO

She is a Non-Executive Director of RIT Capital Partners and Windmill Hill Asset Management. [ citation needed] Philanthropy [ edit ] Astonishing Viewing. A jaw droppingly candid view- that takes no prisoners- of a tumultuous period in British politics.' Sharon Lougher, Metro Lovingly compiled memoir..' '…This is an honest portrait of an extraordinary life. It's a gripping yarn that more than proves that life is stranger than fiction.' Literary Review Hannah Mary Rothschild, a descendant of the banking dynasty, published her first nonfiction “The Baroness,” a story about a great-aunt who deserted her family to become a patron of jazz. By contrast, the author’s debut novel, The Improbability of Love is a cheery, bumpy satire of the corruption and consumption in the London art world. This is a beautiful fiction ideal for readers who find Downton Abbey, (the historical period drama TV series) too bleakly realistic.Hannah Rothschild CBE is a British writer, documentary filmmaker, businesswoman and philanthropist. Her biography, The Baroness, was published in 2012 in the UK, US and twelve other territories. Her first novel, The Improbability of Love, published in 2015 won the Bollinger Wodehouse Prize for best comic novel and was runner up for the Bailey Women's Prize for fiction in 2015. Her much anticipated latest novel, House of Trelawney, was published in February 2020. Her father’s legitimate heirs resent Ayesha, but as she discovers Sleet’s shady dealings she enlists them to help her bring Sleet down. It is high time that Sleet pays for his mistreatment of others. Her investigations takes us deep into the way money is manipulated and misused.