Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Carnarvon, Fiona, Countess of

Publication

New York : Broadway Paperbacks, 2013.

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Additional Authors

Carnarvon, Catherine, Countess of, 1900-1977

Description

xii, 353 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits, genealogical table; 21 cm

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.

Subject

• Carnarvon, Henry Herbert, Earl of, 1898-1987
• Highclere Castle > History > 20th century
• 1900-1999
• World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain
• Nobility > Great Britain > Biography
• Great Britain > Social life and customs > 20th century

Genre/Form

• Biography
• Biographies
• History
• Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-328) and index

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

• 9780385344968
• 0385344961
• 9780385344975
• 038534497X

LCCN

^^2013028842

OCLC

• 854541700
• SCSB-10798831

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library