Newhaven Court

Love, Tragedy, Heroism and Intrigue

Helen Murray

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The History Press Ltd
01 October 2022

Palaces, chateaux, country houses; Biography: historical, political & military; British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000

Built in 1884 as the grand summer home for the well-connected Locker-Lampson family, the red-brick turreted mansion Newhaven Court once sat high on a windswept hill above Cromer town. Before its dramatic destruction in flames nearly eighty years later, the house played host to such eminent figures as Lord Tennyson, heroic chain-smoking explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, Winston Churchill, illustrator Kate Greenaway and French brandy-swigging tennis superstar Suzanne Lenglen. It was a home where poets rubbed shoulders with politicians, and aristocracy with artists and authors. There was dance, dining and song, but also family tragedy, hidden love and illicit affairs.

Follow Newhaven Court and its colourful inhabitants through the decadent years of the late nineteenth century, the elegant Edwardian era, through the tragedy of the first world war, the roaring twenties, another terrible conflict and the uncertain post war era.

AUTHOR: Helen Murray is a history graduate with two decades of experience within the Norfolk Museums Service. She is a keen local historian and writer and an active member of both the Thorpe History Group and Norwich Writers Circle. She has won the Past Search Prize for non-fiction in 2020 and 2021, The Cooper Prize 2021 and was shortlisted for the 2020 Olga Sinclair Prize. She lives in Norwich.

32 b/w illustrations

By: Helen Murray
Imprint: The History Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781803991078
ISBN 10: 1803991070
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 01 October 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Helen Murray is a historian, author and public speaker with a specialism in house history and the history of Cromer in Norfolk. She was the winner of the Olga Sinclair Prize 2023, the Past Search Prize for non-fiction in 2020 and 2021 and the Cooper Prize in 2021. Her first book, Newhaven Court: Love, Tragedy, Heroism and Intrigue, was published by The History Press in 2022.

Reviews for Newhaven Court: Love, Tragedy, Heroism and Intrigue

In its heyday it was visited by celebrated names including Albert Einstein, Oscar Wilde and Ernest Shackleton. And now Newhaven Court in Cromer is the subject of a book written by a descendent of the family who once owned the house. * Coverage in Eastern Daily Press *