Ledi Alʹmina i abbatstvo Daunton
By: Fiona Karnarvon ; [perevod s angliĭskogo N. Sotnikovoĭ]
Series: Skandaly. Strasti. Sudʹby
Published: 2014
Language: rus
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9785170802883
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Highclere Castle; Nobility; Biography; Social life and customs
Work titles: Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey
Description: Tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration and setting for Julian Fellowes's Emmy Award-winning PBS show, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon. Lady Almina was the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, Alfred de Rothschild, who married his daughter off at a young age, her dowry serving as the crucial link in the effort to preserve the Earl of Carnarvon's ancestral home. Throwing open the doors of Highclere Castle to tend to the wounded of World War I, Lady Almina distinguished herself as a brave and remarkable woman.