<i>Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey</i>tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration and setting for Julian Fellowes's Emmy Award-winning PBS show<i>Downton Abbey</i>, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon. Drawing o
Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey : the lost legacy of Highclere Castle
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group;Broadway Paperbacks
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 325
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Content: Pomp and circumstance --
Welcome to Highclere --
Almina, debutante --
A triumph for her ladyship --
Life downstairs --
Dressing for dinner --
Edwardian Egypt --
The passing of the golden age --
The summer of 1914 --
Call to arms --
Paradise lost --
War heroes --
Hospital on the move --
Death in the trenches --
The dark times --
The promised end --
From war to peace --
Another glittering season --
"Wonderful things" --
Lights out --
Inheritance.
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-- Masterpiece Classic??? This rich tale contrasts the splendor of Edwardian life in a great house against the backdrop of the First World War and offers an inspiring and revealing picture of the woman at the center of the history of Highclere Castle.
x, 325 pages : 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-300) and index