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Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey the lost legacy of Highclere Castle

Tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration and setting for Julian Fellowes's Emmy Award-winning PBS show, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon.

Main Author: Carnarvon, Fiona, Countess of.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Broadway Paperbacks, c2011.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:
Carnarvon, Almina, > Countess of, > 1876-1969.
Carnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, > Earl of, > 1866-1923.
Highclere Castle.
Nobility > Great Britain > Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Online Access: Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
Table of Contents:
  • 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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