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MUDDLETON



       Brian Luff




                                                                   ISBN 978-1-916668-80-5




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                                                                 Publication:   30  MAY 2024
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                                                                 ISBN:           9781916668805
                                                                 Price:          £8.99
                                                                 Binding:        Paperback

                                                                 Format:         198 x 129 mm
                                                                 Extent:         323 pp
                                                                 Thema:          FV Historical Fiction




                                                                    •  A  comic  novel  about  a  delusional  and
                                                                        dysfunctional   dynasty   of   aristocrats,
                                                                        desperately  trying  to  save  their  ancestral
                                                                        home, Hogg Hall, from demolition.
                                                                    •  Brian Luff has written comedy for television,
                                                                        theatre and digital media and is a multi-award-
                                                                        winning short film maker.
                                                                    •  Written  in  the  style  of  a  historical  novel,
                                                                        Muddleton  is  perfect for  fans  of  Julia  Quinn
                                                                        and Downton Abbey.

                                                                 Muddleton  is  a  comic  novel  about  the  Hogg-Marchmont
         Brian  Luff  has  written  comedy  for  television,  theatre  and  digital   family – a dysfunctional and delusional aristocratic dynasty
         media and is a multi-award-winning short film maker. While working   – as they desperately try to save their beloved ancestral
         at the BBC he produced the chart-topping podcast for Have I Got   home from demolition.
         News For You and he has worked as Head of Digital Content for two
         global television networks. Brian is an occasional guest lecturer on   When Hogg Hall is condemned by the local council and
         the  BA  scriptwriting  course  at  Bournemouth  University  and  his   ordered to be torn down, Earl Hardy Hogg-Marchmont,
         previous books include The Serious Business of Writing, Performing   head of the family, thinks challenging the council will be a
         & Selling Comedy.                                       wasted effort, until he is visited by the furious ghosts of his
                                                                 ancestors, who convince him to put up a fight.

                                                                 Spanning  a  period  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  years,
                                                                 Muddleton describes the history of this hapless family from
                                                                 the middle of the 18th century to the present day. It’s a tale
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