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Lady Catherine, The Earl, And The Real Downton Abbey
Fiona Carnarvon
Real Downton Abbey #2
Broadway Books
November 2013
On Sale: October 29, 2013
Featuring: Lady Catherine
368 pages ISBN: 0385344961 EAN: 9780385344968 Kindle: B00CNQ7C6O Paperback / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Biography
Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey,
a transporting companion piece to the New York Times
bestseller Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey,
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. The couple
presided over Highclere Castle, the grand estate that serves
as the setting for the hit PBS show. Following the First
World War, many of the great houses of England faded as
their owners fortunes declined in the new political and
social world of the 1920s and 1930s. As war loomed,
Highclere's survival as the family home of the Carnarvons
was again in the balance—as was peace between the
nations of Europe. Using copious materials—including diaries and
scrapbooks—from the castle's archives, the current
Countess of Carnarvon brings alive a very modern story in a
beautiful and fabled setting, paying particular attention to
the staff who provide Highclere Castle with continuity
between generations.
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