Kate Beaufoy: Lakeside lodge deserved a story, so I wrote Another Heartbeat in the House

Kate Beaufoy dreamed of restoring a house she fell in love with. Instead, she restored its historical characters to bring them back to life, as she explains to Sue Leonard

KATE BEAUFOY looks beautiful in jeans topped by a floaty over-shirt as she arrives by bicycle to talk about her latest sparkling novel.

Set in two timelines — the 19th century, and the 1930s — it’s a magnificent read. And it all started, Kate tells me, with a house.