Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey - Softcover

The Countess Of Carnarvon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385344961 ISBN 13: 9780385344968

Publisher: Crown, 2013

Synopsis

Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the setting for Julian Fellowes’s Emmy Award-winning PBS show Downton Abbey, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Catherine Wendell.  In this transporting companion piece to the New York Times bestseller Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey, Catherine, a beautiful and spirited American woman who married Lady Almina’s son, the man who would become the 6th Earl of Carnarvon, presides over the grand estate during a tumultuous time for the British aristocracy. 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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Photos from Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey

Catherine was a renowned beauty.

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All photo credits are Copyright Highclere Castle Archive 2013

Catherine with her children.

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Mrs Geoffrey Grenfell (Catherine), Porchey, their son Henry and Almina, Countess of Carnarvon at Penelope’s wedding April 21st 1945.

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About the Author:

FIONA, the 8th Countess of CARNARVON married Geordie, the 8th Earl of Carnarvon in 1999, and they acceded to Highclere ten years ago upon the death of Geordie’s father. Highclere has become one of the most famous houses in England as the location for the PBS series Downton Abbey.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0385344961
• ISBN 13: 9780385344968
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368