Albion

Hardback Published on: 01/05/2025
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Albion
Lyrical descriptions of nature's calendar and the complexities of a grieving family entangled in their ancestral home
Highly evocative story of not just the English countryside but family entanglements that grow with age. Set over only 5 days this story remains at an clipp... READ MORE
Lucy at Scarborough

Synopsis

The Brookes are gathering in their eighteenth-century ancestral home - twenty bedrooms of carved Sussex sandstone - to bury Philip, the head of the family – the blinding sun around which they have all orbited for as long as they can remember.

Frannie, inheritor of a thousand acres of English countryside, has dreams of rewilding and returning the estate to nature: a last line of defence against the coming climate catastrophe. Milo envisages a treetop haven for the super-rich where under the influence of psychedelic drugs a new ruling class will be reborn. Each believes their father has given them his blessing and are set on a collision course with the other.

Isa has long suspected that her father thought only of himself, and only hopes to seek out her childhood love, who still lives on the estate, to discover whether it is her feelings for him that are creating the fault lines in her marriage.

And then there is Clara, who arrives in their midst from America, shrouded in secrets and bearing a truth that will fracture all the dreams on which they’ve built their lives.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780241698426
  • Number of pages: 368
  • Dimensions: 223 x 144 x 33 mm
  • Weight: 473g
  • Languages: English

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Albion
An excellent and thought-provoking story of a family facing up to its past - a winner
A Funeral. ... A Family Reunion .... Unresolved Issues. .... A Sussex Manor House ..... and a family secret yet to be revealed . Albion by Anna Hope could... READ MORE
Stephen - The Bookworm
Albion
Wonderful multigenerational saga
What a lovely book, I’m so glad I finally got round to reading it, life sometimes gets in the way! The story centres around the Brooke family and their 1... READ MORE
Lynda’s Book Reviews
Albion
Beautifully written, nuanced and thought-provoking
Albion unfolds over five days as the Brooke family gathers at their 18th-century ancestral home to bury their father, Philip, a one-time hippy and erstwhil... READ MORE
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Albion
Engrossing multi layered family saga with thought-provoking themes
What starts as an excellently crafted generational family saga ends as a thought-provoking examination of class and colonial legacies. Can we truly atone f... READ MORE
Stephanie Bull
Albion
Not quite a 5 but a really good book, great setting, great characters and interesting situations, lyrical.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book. From the start I loved this book and thought I was on to a 5 star. The setting i... READ MORE
am/am/am
Albion
A considered and beautiful book
Albion tells the story of the Brookes, a dispersed and fractured family, gathering at their large, rural home for the funeral of their patriarch, Phillip. ... READ MORE
Laura
Albion
An ambitious, impressive novel
Albion spans five days as the Brooke family bury the man who has wielded so much influence over their lives. Frannie and her father established the Albion ... READ MORE
Susan Osborne
Albion
A lot of potential that fell flat
I have a lot of mixed feelings about this one. On one hand I enjoyed the writing for the most part. There were some well written thoughts and reflections o... READ MORE
Madeline Elsinga
Albion
A magnificent story
This book is absolutely magnificent. Family relations are fraught after the death of their father, then a surprise visitor from overseas throws a spanner ... READ MORE
Avid reader
Albion
Fascinating family drama and eco thriller
Thanks to FigTree and NetGalley for ARC. Stately home, disparate heirs, patriarch's funeral - it's a common set up to what is an uncommon and beautifull... READ MORE
Pauline McGough
Albion
A multi-layered family tale
A superb tale of grief and family dynamics. It takes the death of Philip, a larger than life character for the Brooke family to explore their wealth and in... READ MORE
Gerry Lee
Albion
Clever and infuriating
This book is not about the things you think it’s about. It’s not an English country house novel, with a Succession-style inheritance battle. It’s not about... READ MORE
Huttson Lo
Albion
An engrossing and thought-provoking story
Set in a large estate in Sussex, in South East England, we meet the family that are its present custodians. It’s land that’s been passed down the family li... READ MORE
Andrew Smith
Albion
A triumph!
What drew me in most was the poetic prose; a lyrical exploration of time, memory, and place, woven seamlessly into a deeply layered family drama. Each char... READ MORE
Chloe Taylor
Albion
A complex story about how the past and future can define a family!
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy of Albion! The book follows the story of a family and their ancestral home in the w... READ MORE
Katie Atkins
Albion
A complex story about how the past and future can define a family!
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy of Albion! The book follows the story of a family and their ancestral home in the w... READ MORE
Katie Atkins
Albion
Complex family drama with a touch of mystery
Phillip Brooke, ex hippie, ex philanderer, abandoner of wife and family, scion of a dynasty, owner of a mansion set in 1000 Sussex acres, is dead. Perhaps... READ MORE
Denis
Albion
Beautifully written
Albion, the new novel by Anna Hope is very slow-burn, nostalgic and elegiac, with a creeping sense of impending doom. It is beautifully written, with chara... READ MORE
Ben Dutton
Albion
Digging dirt in the Sussex countryside
The description sounded promising, but the more I read, the anticipation of being drawn in didn’t happened until towards the end. A family’s history is lai... READ MORE
Romany
Albion
A beautifully told and often heart-wrenching story
With well-developed characters who are realistic and easily envisaged, this is a beautifully told and often heart-wrenching story about a family dealing wi... READ MORE
J Robinson
Albion
An amazing read!
Grace and Philip Brooke inherited the eighteenth century family home and thousand acre estate and brought up their three children in the countryside = thou... READ MORE
Janet Honnoraty
Albion
Five stars!
Albion is a beautifully crafted and deeply engaging book that shakes the country house genre to its core. Set in the grand eighteenth-century home of the B... READ MORE
The Secret Book Review
Albion
Enjoyable character led fiction
Philip Brooke has died. He was the aging patriarch of a Sussex country estate, rather delinquent father of three adult children, experimental drug taker an... READ MORE
Verity Halliday
Albion
Inheritance, Legacy, Entitlement
Albion By Anna Hope I love when a novel permanently alters the way I think about a subject. This is quite an unusual story in that I'd be hard pressed... READ MORE
RitaCantStopReading
Albion
Preservation, passion, powerfully evocative
‘Albion’ shares some powerfully evocative writing by someone who obviously loves the land and concerned about its history and preservation. Whether or noty... READ MORE
Jayne Southern
Albion
Highly recommended. One of my top reads of 2025
Albion unfolds over five days as the Brooke family gathers at their 18th-century ancestral home to bury their father, Philip, a one-time hippy and erstwhil... READ MORE
helen_t_reads
Albion
Thought-provoking read
This is a beautifully written novel with some interesting characters. Set at the time of a family funeral, it explores issues of inheritance, family secret... READ MORE
Shirley Sinha
Albion
Intelligent and insightful
I went into Albion expecting a family drama about inheritance but actually it isn’t that at all, and is far more complex and interesting. The family dynami... READ MORE
Sam Whittaker
Albion
Enjoyable
A very modern novel which explores the themes of inherited wealth in an English family . Phillip the patriarch has died and the family come together in the... READ MORE
Steven Capel
Albion
So good!!
4-5 stars Absolutely at the epicentre of all that is revealed is the Sussex mansion, a two centuries old Greek revival showcased in a thousand acres of ... READ MORE
Celia Short
Albion
Happy Families - or Not in a potently titled novel about legacies 4.5 rating
Although I inched away from the immediate 5 star in this novel, only because it didn’t quite reach the perfection of an earlier novel by her , The Ballroom... READ MORE
Lady Fancifull
Albion
An enthralling book
This was a slow burner of a novel, it took me a while to get into it. We follow the various inhabitants of a country estate over a long weekend as they pre... READ MORE
Mark Nutting
Albion
Interesting
I’m not familiar with the work of Anna Hope, but I rather enjoyed Albion. It has a small cast of characters and a time span of some five days when a family... READ MORE
Anita Wallas
Albion
interesting book
This was an interesting book which covered some contemporary issues really well in a novel form e.g (rewilding, and the importance of legacy) However I did... READ MORE
jean
Albion
Excellent country house novel, with modern issues. a must read.
A very British country house novel, blending traditional themes with modern concerns—family tensions, inheritance disputes (including the dreaded inheritan... READ MORE
chaliepud
Albion
Brilliantly moreish
This is a brilliant book that skewers the hypocrisy of Liberals who think they're on the right side of everything. Frannie has inherited her father's esta... READ MORE
Sam Williams
Albion
Class, Climate Change, Family, Inheritance and Human Nature.
At first, as I launched myself into this novel, I thought it would be the familiar trope of a svengali type of patriarch, Phillip, and how his family re-po... READ MORE
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