A Brief Guide to Private Life in Britain's Stately Homes - Softcover

Paterson, Michael

 
9780762447220: A Brief Guide to Private Life in Britain's Stately Homes

Synopsis


Timed to coincide with the release of the third and final series of the award-winning Downton Abbey, which has attracted audiences of more than 10 million viewers. This Brief Guidecelebrates the Victorian and Edwardian eras that marked the golden age of the English countryhouse: a time when opulence and formality attained a level that would never be matched again.Author Michael Paterson skillfully and entertainingly explores the myths and realities of thisvanished world, both upstairs and down.

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About the Author

Michael Paterson is a writer and researcher, and has worked at the Imperial War Museum. He is the author of Dickens’ London and A Brief History of the Private Life of Elizabeth II.

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9781780336893: Private Life in Britain's Stately Homes: Masters and Servants in the Golden Age (Brief Histories)

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ISBN 10:  1780336896 ISBN 13:  9781780336893
Publisher: Constable & Robinson, 2012
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