Tag: Rutshire
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Obituary: Jilly Cooper, Chronicler of Rutshire and the English Countryside
Obituary: Jilly Cooper, 1937–2025 Jilly Cooper, the prolific English writer whose novels about the landed gentry and their appetites turned the idea of a bonkbuster into a distinctly British institution, has died at the age of 88. A Georgian at heart, Cooper preferred the country’s polite rituals to city bustle, and she translated those tastes…
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Jilly Cooper obituary: Bonkbuster queen of Rutshire remembered
Jilly Cooper obituary: a life devoted to country wit, romance and storytelling Jilly Cooper, the much-loved British writer whose sprawling novels about the fictional counties of Rutshire and Larkshire captured generations with their blend of country charm, satire and high-society theatrics, has died at age 88. Her work—rooted in a Georgian love of land, reason…