ISBN:

• 9781444730838 (pbk.)
• 9781444730821 (hc)
• 9780770435622
• 0770435629

Edition: 1st ed.

Description: x, 310 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes:

• Place of publication and publisher varies.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

• Pomp and circumstance
• Welcome to Highclere
• Almina, debutante
• A triumph for her ladyship
• Life downstairs
• Dressing for dinner
• Edwardian Egypt
• The passing of the golden age
• The summer of 1914
• Call to arms
• Paradise lost
• War heroes
• Hospital on the move
• Death in the trenches
• The dark times
• The promised end
• From war to peace
• Another glittering season
• "Wonderful things"
• Lights out
• Inheritance.

LCCN: 2011042617

Control Number: 868576

Subjects:

• Carnarvon, Almina, Countess of, 1876-1969.
• Carnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, Earl of, 1866-1923.
• Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
• Highclere Castle.
• Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography.
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain.