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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
by Countess of. Fiona Carnarvon
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December 27, 2011
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"Almina was a woman of great charm and courage."--New York Times Book Review“The more interesting and entertaining book is Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle. Written by the castle's current countess, Lady Fiona Carnarvon, the Eighth Countess of Carnarvon and great-granddaughter-in-law of ...
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The Chaperone
by Laura Moriarty
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(410 customer reviews)
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Riverhead
June 5, 2012
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Curtis Sittenfeld interviews Laura Moriarty. Curtis Sittenfeld Sittenfeld is the author of the bestselling novels American Wife , Prep, and The Man of My Dreams , which have been translated into twenty-five languages. Here she talks with novelist Laura Moriarty about her experiences writing The Chaperone. Curtis ...
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The House at Riverton: A Novel
by Kate Morton
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 (520 customer reviews)
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Atria Books
April 22, 2008
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Amazon Best of the Month, April 2008: In her cinematic debut novel, Kate Morton immerses readers in the dramas of the Ashbury family at their crumbling English country estate in the years surrounding World War I, an age when Edwardian civility, shaken by war, unravels into the roaring Twenties. ...
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The Chronicles of Downton Abbey: A New Era
by Jessica Fellowes
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 (152 customer reviews)
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St. Martin's Press
November 13, 2012
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Praise for The World of Downton Abbey: 'Fans of the brilliant period drama will love the exclusive photographs, and interviews with cast members in this appropriately lavish official 'making of' book.' Woman's Own 'Brings both historical context and illumi...
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The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook: From Lady Mary's Crab Canapes to Mrs. Patmore's Christmas Pudding - More Than 150 Recipes from Upstairs and Downstairs
by Emily Ansara Baines
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(120 customer reviews)
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Adams Media
September 18, 2012
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Featured Recipes from The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook Download the recipe for Crunchy Fig and Bleu Cheese Tarts Download the recipe for Crawley Family Chicken Breasts with Caper Cream Sauce Download the recipe for Mixed Berry Scones with Clotted Cream...
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A Spear of Summer Grass
by Deanna Raybourn
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(43 customer reviews)
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Harlequin MIRA
April 30, 2013
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"With a strong and unique voice, Deanna Raybourn creates unforgettable characters in a richly detailed world. This is storytelling at its most compelling."...
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Snobs
by Julian Fellowes
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(122 customer reviews)
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St. Martin's Press
January 24, 2006
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Starred Review. Listeners will have little trouble believing that reader Morant was born into the rarified world that serves as the setting for this gossipy tale. He narrates with the lightest of touches, truisms about the English upper crust rolling off his tongue with powerful understatement. Fellowes is ...
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Summerset Abbey
by T. J. Brown
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(45 customer reviews)
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Gallery Books
January 15, 2013
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"Loyalties are tested, passions found, and secrets are uncovered as Rowena,Victoria, and Prudence confront their futures [...] The author completely immerses us in the world: the details of the house, the customs, the contrast between the haves and the have-nots, the clothing, the food – I experienced it almost ...
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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
by The Countess Of Carnarvon
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(512 customer reviews)
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December 27, 2011
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'bright, breezy and unpretentious in style.' -- Guardian 'Comfort reading for fans eagerly awaiting the next instalment of Downtown Abbey to appear on our TV screens.' -- Vogue (Australia 'A loving and faithful portrait of Almina and her world.' -- BBC Cou...
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The Ashford Affair
by Lauren Willig
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(58 customer reviews)
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St. Martin's Press
April 9, 2013
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“The Ashford Affair is a reader’s treat, an artfully-woven saga that sweeps us into the lives of three generations of a family entangled in life-changing secrets. Lauren Willig spins a web of lust, power and loss, taking us from England to Kenya to New York, from World War I ...
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The Real Life Downton Abbey: How Life Was Really Lived in Stately Homes a Century Ago
by Jacky Hyams
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(43 customer reviews)
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John Blake
January 6, 2012
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Fans of Julian Fellowes' hit show can step back 100 years to the world of the pampered, privileged upper classes and take a look at exactly what goes on behind the magisterial doors of their favorite stately home Using the characters and setting of the popular television show as a point of reference ...
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The Bolter
by Frances Osborne
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(49 customer reviews)
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Vintage
June 2, 2009
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Starred Review. Osborne's lively narrative brings Lady Idina Sackville (an inspiration for Nancy Mitford's character the Bolter) boldly to life, with a black lapdog named Satan at her side and a cigarette in her hand. Osborne (...
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The Buccaneers
by Edith Wharton
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(40 customer reviews)
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Penguin Books
October 1, 1994
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Mainwaring commendably completes Wharton's unfinished novel about five wealthy American women seeking entrance into elite society by marrying British aristocrats. ...
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Beyond Downton Abbey, Volume 1
by Deb Hosey White
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(23 customer reviews)
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White & Associates
March 25, 2012
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Beyond Downton Abbey is a guide to 25 great houses in Britain, with 25 compelling stories and 25 reasons to visit....
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The Cater Street Hangman: The First Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel (Mortalis)
by Anne Perry
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(101 customer reviews)
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Ballantine Books
September 30, 2008
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“When Anne Perry puts Thomas and Charlotte Pitt on the case, we are in exemplary Victorian company.” —The New York Times “Pitt’s compassion and Charlotte’s cleverness make them compatible sleuths, as well as extremely congenial characters . . . Perry has the gift of making [the Victorian era] all seem ...
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The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family
by Mary S. Lovell
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(82 customer reviews)
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W. W. Norton & Company
March 17, 2003
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In her history of England's Mitford sisters, who were major figures in the international political, literary and social scenes for much of the 20th century, Lovell (The Sound of Wings: The Biography of Amelia Earhart; etc.) rises with aplomb to the challen...
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The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family
by Mary S. Lovell
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(82 customer reviews)
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W. W. Norton & Company
June 13, 2011
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In her history of England's Mitford sisters, who were major figures in the international political, literary and social scenes for much of the 20th century, Lovell (The Sound of Wings: The Biography of Amelia Earhart; etc.) rises with aplomb to the challen...
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The Real Life Downton Abbey: How Life Was Really Lived in Stately Homes a Century Ago
by Jacky Hyams
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(43 customer reviews)
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John Blake
January 6, 2012
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Fans of Julian Fellowes' hit show can step back 100 years to the world of the pampered, privileged upper classes and take a look at exactly what goes on behind the magisterial doors of their favorite stately home Using the characters and setting of the popular television show as a point of reference ...
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The Bolter (Vintage)
by Frances Osborne
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(49 customer reviews)
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Vintage
May 4, 2010
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Starred Review. Osborne's lively narrative brings Lady Idina Sackville (an inspiration for Nancy Mitford's character the Bolter) boldly to life, with a black lapdog named Satan at her side and a cigarette in her hand. Osborne (...
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Past Imperfect
by Julian Fellowes
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(124 customer reviews)
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St. Martin's Press
September 1, 2009
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A middle-aged Londoner is forced to revisit his past in Fellowes's slick and dexterous second novel (after the bestselling Snobs). Former friend Damian Baxter, after 40 years of estrangement, convinces the unnamed narrator to locate the woman Damian believ...
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Wait for Me!: Memoirs
by Duchess of Devonshire Deborah Mitford
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(69 customer reviews)
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
November 9, 2010
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In this sparkling memoir, the Duchess (The Pursuit of Laughter) writes about her famously eccentric family and the upper reaches of the British aristocracy with whom she has mingled during her long life (she'll turn 91 in March). She was related to Winston...
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The Buccaneers
by Edith Wharton
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(40 customer reviews)
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Penguin Books
October 1, 1994
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| List Price: | $16.00 | | Price: | $12.80 | | You Save: | $3.20 (20%) |
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From Publishers Weekly
Mainwaring commendably completes Wharton's unfinished novel about five wealthy American women seeking entrance into elite society by marrying British aristocrats. ...
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Past Imperfect
by Julian Fellowes
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(124 customer reviews)
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St. Martin's Griffin
May 8, 2012
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| List Price: | $15.99 | | Price: | $12.26 | | You Save: | $3.73 (23%) |
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From Publishers Weekly
A middle-aged Londoner is forced to revisit his past in Fellowes's slick and dexterous second novel (after the bestselling Snobs). Former friend Damian Baxter, after 40 years of estrangement, convinces the unnamed narrator to locate the woman Damian believ...
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The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook (Unofficial Cookbook)
by Emily Ansara Baines
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(120 customer reviews)
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Adams Media
August 18, 2012
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Amazon.com Review
Featured Recipes from The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook Download the recipe for Crunchy Fig and Bleu Cheese Tarts Download the recipe for Crawley Family Chicken Breasts with Caper Cream Sauce Download the recipe for Mixed Berry Scones with Clotted Cream...
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A Brief History of Montmaray (The Montmaray Journals)
by Michelle Cooper
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(28 customer reviews)
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Knopf Books for Young Readers
October 13, 2009
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Best of the Month, October 2009: On a remote island kingdom of Montmaray live the last of the FitzOsbornes, a royal family of scrappy (but dignified) orphans teetering on the edge of poverty in their crumbling castle. It’s 1936, and sixteen-year-old Sophie occupies her days with mundane household chores, ...
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Wait for Me!: Memoirs
by Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire
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(69 customer reviews)
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Picador
September 13, 2011
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From Publishers Weekly
In this sparkling memoir, the Duchess (The Pursuit of Laughter) writes about her famously eccentric family and the upper reaches of the British aristocracy with whom she has mingled during her long life (she'll turn 91 in March). She was related to Winston...
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The Shooting Party: A Novel
by Isabel Colegate
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(21 customer reviews)
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Counterpoint
June 15, 2010
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“Poised, wry, lovable, informative . . . An utterly complete rendering of a way of life.” —Gail Godwin, author of Queen of the Underworld“A beautifully crafted novel, remarkably visual and evocative. The characters are caught in stunning images and tableaux that convey the essence of their natures, the sweep ...
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