Comments on: Mistress Masham’s Repose: a thinly disguised Stowe https://thefollyflaneuse.com/mistress-mashams-repose-a-thinly-disguised-stowe/ Rambles to, and ramblings about, Follies and Garden and Landscape Ornament. Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/mistress-mashams-repose-a-thinly-disguised-stowe/#comment-2551 Mon, 09 Nov 2020 22:29:16 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3369#comment-2551 In reply to Hugh Featherstone Blyth.

Blenheim was certainly also an inspiration. Thanks for taking the time to comment and I hope you enjoy the story many more times. It’s always a treat. And now you must visit Stowe and watch out for little people…

]]> By: Hugh Featherstone Blyth https://thefollyflaneuse.com/mistress-mashams-repose-a-thinly-disguised-stowe/#comment-2550 Mon, 09 Nov 2020 21:40:21 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3369#comment-2550 it was 1961 and i was 10 years old, a cathedral chorister away at boarding school, when my mother sent me a copy of ‘mistress masham’s repose’ for my birthday. i hoarded it secretly, not showing my friends for fear they’d say it was a ‘girl’s book’. i absolutely adored it, as i had already adored the entire ‘once and future king’ series. i have re-read it many times since, to my children and now my grandchildren, always finding new gems and allusions. however i had never considered the house to be any other than blenheim palace, because every british schoolboy knew his marlborough BROM battles (blenheim, ramillies, oudenarde, malplaquet). if i’d known it was based on stowe, i’d have paid closer attention to the house and grounds on those days when we played rugby against them and usually lost … but it was worth it as they always served us an excellent tea after the game.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/mistress-mashams-repose-a-thinly-disguised-stowe/#comment-2001 Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:30:54 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3369#comment-2001 In reply to Carole.

Thanks for commenting Carole. It is indeed and beautifully illustrated. Well worth looking out.

]]> By: Carole https://thefollyflaneuse.com/mistress-mashams-repose-a-thinly-disguised-stowe/#comment-2000 Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:26:04 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3369#comment-2000 The Folio Edition is excellent.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/mistress-mashams-repose-a-thinly-disguised-stowe/#comment-1991 Sat, 20 Jun 2020 14:53:25 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3369#comment-1991 In reply to Gwyn.

Ah, good afternoon Mr Headley. White was many, many things. Too many to mention here. And Helen Macdonald has recently covered that aspect of his life very well in ‘H is for Hawk’. But I will confess the word was new to me when I started learning more about this fascinating man.

]]> By: Gwyn https://thefollyflaneuse.com/mistress-mashams-repose-a-thinly-disguised-stowe/#comment-1990 Sat, 20 Jun 2020 14:27:03 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3369#comment-1990 And no mention that White was an austringer? Tsk tsk, Mme Flâneuse!

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