Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey
Subtitle: the lost legacy of Highclere Castle
By: the Countess of Carnarvon
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Windsor/Paragon; Paragon; Windsor
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [Bath]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9781445893457; 9781445893464
Subjects: History; Large type books; Highclere Castle
Description: At 19, with an enormous dowry, Almina married the 5th Earl of Carnavon. Life at Highclere Castle was a dizzying mix of sumptuous banquets for 500 and even the occasional royal visitor. Almina oversaw 80 members of staff - many of whom came from families who had worked at Highclere for generations. But when the First World War broke out, life at Highclere, both upstairs and downstairs, changed forever.
Notes: Standard print ed. originally published: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1. Pomp and circumstance; title: 2. Welcome to Highclere; title: 3. Almina; title: debutante; title: 4. A triumph for Her Ladyship; title: 5. Life downstairs; title: 6. Dressing for dinner; title: 7. Edwardian Egypt; title: 8. The passing of the golden age; title: 9. The summer of 1914; title: 10. Call to arms; title: 11. Paradise lost; title: 12. War heroes; title: 13. Hospital on the move; title: 14. Death in the trenches; title: 15. The drak times; title: 16. The promised end; title: 17. From war to peace; title: 18. Another glittering season; title: 19. 'Wonderful things'; title: 20. Lights out; title: 21. Inheriotance; title: Epilogue: Almina's legacy; title: Transcript of letters.