The peppermint tea chronicles.
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
The peppermint tea chronicles. - 310 pages ; 21 cm. - The 44 Scotland Street series ; [13] . - McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- 44 Scotland Street series ; 13. .
Series numeration from www.goodreads.com. "This book is excerpted from a series that originally appeared in The Scotsman newspaper."--title page verso.
Summer has come to Scotland Street. The long days have prompted its denizens to engage in flights of fancy. Some, like the Duke of Johannesburg's plan to create a microlite seaplane, are literal flights, and some, like the vain Bruce Anderson's idea of settling down with one of his many admirers, are more metaphorical. With the domineering Irene off pursuing academic challenges, Stuart and Bertie are free to indulge in summer fun. Stuart reconnects with an old acquaintance over refreshing peppermint tea while Bertie takes his friend Ranald Braveheart Macpherson to the circus. But their trip to the big top becomes rather more than the pleasant diversion they were hoping for. Once again, Scotland Street teems with the daily triumphs and challenges of those who call it home, and provides a warm, wise, and witty chronicle of the affairs in this corner of the world.--
9781984897817 1984897810
Apartment houses--Scotland--Edinburgh--Fiction.
Edinburgh (Scotland)--Social life and customs--Fiction.
Fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Humorous fiction.
PR6063.C326 / P46 2019
823/.914
The peppermint tea chronicles. - 310 pages ; 21 cm. - The 44 Scotland Street series ; [13] . - McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- 44 Scotland Street series ; 13. .
Series numeration from www.goodreads.com. "This book is excerpted from a series that originally appeared in The Scotsman newspaper."--title page verso.
Summer has come to Scotland Street. The long days have prompted its denizens to engage in flights of fancy. Some, like the Duke of Johannesburg's plan to create a microlite seaplane, are literal flights, and some, like the vain Bruce Anderson's idea of settling down with one of his many admirers, are more metaphorical. With the domineering Irene off pursuing academic challenges, Stuart and Bertie are free to indulge in summer fun. Stuart reconnects with an old acquaintance over refreshing peppermint tea while Bertie takes his friend Ranald Braveheart Macpherson to the circus. But their trip to the big top becomes rather more than the pleasant diversion they were hoping for. Once again, Scotland Street teems with the daily triumphs and challenges of those who call it home, and provides a warm, wise, and witty chronicle of the affairs in this corner of the world.--
9781984897817 1984897810
Apartment houses--Scotland--Edinburgh--Fiction.
Edinburgh (Scotland)--Social life and customs--Fiction.
Fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Humorous fiction.
PR6063.C326 / P46 2019
823/.914