Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey

1596 Pages·2015·7.93 MB·English

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Copyright © 2011 by 8 Countess
of Carnarvon
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by
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Originally published in hardcover in
Great Britain by Hodder &
Stoughton, a Hachette U.K.
company, London, in 2011.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-
Publication Data is available upon
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eISBN: 978-0-7704-3563-9
Cover design by Laura Klynstra
Cover photography: © Highclere
Castle Archive
Author photograph: © Tobi Corney
Photography
v3.1_r2
For my husband and son, who I
adore,
and my beloved sisters
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Prologue
Chapter 1: Pomp and
Circumstance
Chapter 2: Welcome to
Highclere
Chapter 3: Almina,
Debutante
Chapter 4: A Triumph for
Her Ladyship
Chapter 5: Life Downstairs
Photo Insert 1
Chapter 6: Dressing for
Dinner
Chapter 7: Edwardian
Egypt
Chapter 8: The Passing of
the Golden Age
Photo Insert 2
Chapter 9: The Summer of
1914
Chapter 10: Call to Arms
Chapter 11: Paradise Lost
Chapter 12: War Heroes
Chapter 13: Hospital on
the Move
Chapter 14: Death in the
Trenches
Photo Insert 3
Chapter 15: The Dark
Times
Chapter 16: The Promised
End
Chapter 17: From War to
Peace
Chapter 18: Another
Glittering Season
Photo Insert 4
Chapter 19: ‘Wonderful