Tag: English countryside


  • Obituary: Jilly Cooper, Chronicler of Rutshire, Dies at 88

    Obituary: Jilly Cooper, Chronicler of Rutshire, Dies at 88

    Tribute to a Country-Tilted Voice Jilly Cooper, the celebrated writer whose novels set in the fictional counties of Rutshire and Larkshire captured the swagger, wit and romance of a certain English aristocratic world, has died aged 88. Her passing marks the end of an era in which “bonkbuster” fiction met sharp social satire, marrying candid…