Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the real Downton Abbey / the Countess of Carnarvon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carnarvon, Fiona, Countess of.

Contributor:

Carnarvon, Catherine, Countess of, 1900-1977.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carnarvon, Henry George Alfred Herbert, Earl of, 1898-1987.

Carnarvon, Henry George Alfred Herbert.

Carnarvon, Catherine, Countess of, 1900-1977.

Carnarvon, Catherine.

Highclere Castle.

Nobility--Great Britain--Biography.

Nobility.

World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945.

Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 353 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table, map ; 21 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Broadway Books, c2013.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes reader's guide, pages 351-353.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780385344968 ;