Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the real Downton Abbey / the Countess of Carnarvon.
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TextPublisher: New York : Broadway Paperbacks, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 353 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits, genealogical table ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780385344968
- 0385344961
- 9780385344975
- 038534497X
- 1444762117
- 9781444762112
- 1444762109
- 9781444762105
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Highclere Castle -- History -- 20th century
- Carnarvon, Henry Herbert, Earl of, 1898-1987
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain
- Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Carnarvon, Henry Herbert, Earl of, 1898-1987
- Highclere Castle
- World War (1939-1945)
- Manners and customs
- Nobility
- Great Britain
- 1900 - 1999
- 941.082092 B 23
- DA578 .C29 2013
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-328) and index.
India, March 1923 -- A very English American -- The girl in the yellow dress -- From honeymoon to Highclere -- The heir is christened -- Saving Highclere -- Life and death in the roaring twenties -- Highclere in all its glory -- There may be trouble ahead -- Bitter sweet -- Two divorces and a wedding -- Recovery -- The coming disaster -- We are at war -- Blood, toil, tears and sweat -- Coming through darkness -- Shoulder to shoulder -- To play one's part -- The beginning of the end -- Celebrations.
Using copious materials--including diaries and scrapbooks--from the castle's archives, the current Countess of Carnarvon tells the story of Catherine Wendell, the beautiful and spirited American woman who married Lady Almina's son, the man who would become the 6th Earl of Carnarvon, while paying particular attention to the staff who offer the Castle continuity between generations.
NonFiction , gift