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Loading... Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere… (edition 2011)by The Countess of Carnarvon
Work detailsLady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle by The Countess of Carnarvon
None.  StefanieGeeks | Apr 5, 2013 |  I didn't expect this to be a riveting book, but it was. I was expecting a puff piece tying the history of Highclere to the Downton Abbey series. I am not the least bit disappointed to have been utterly wrong. The true story (one assumes sanitized at least a little, of course) is many times more interesting than the soap opera television series. The real people who lived at Highclere during the end of the 19th & beginning of the 20th century were larger-than-life and so terribly interesting to read about. Highly recommended for Anglophiles, history buffs, nurses, Egyptophiles and fans of Downtown Abbey. (  ) satyridae | Apr 5, 2013 | Not phenomenal, but worth reading if you're interested in Downton Abbey/Highclere Castle, Almina herself, WWI history, or Egyptology. The research seems sound, but the writing is competent rather than expert; the "epilogue" is more of a summary than a true epilogue. It is England's "national habit to be defeated at the beginning of every war and to win at the end." -5th Earl of Carnarvon's brother, Aubrey (p. 179) After her beloved son died, she established hospitals, schools and anti-malaria clinics in Albania, as well as a village for refugees called Herbert, after her son. (p. 283) The punctuation and sentence structure here indicate that the refugees are all called Herbert, though common sense would indicate that the village itself is called Herbert. Clumsy. (  ) JennyArch | Apr 3, 2013 | The book was interesting, although there were various grammar and spelling usages which threw me out of the narrative. These may just result from a difference between British and American English, so I didn't deduct any mental points. Almina, Countess Carnarvon, was certainly an interesting woman, but I did deduct a point for the marketing strategy of linking her life with a popular television show. The book could have stood on its own merits. ( ) Jammies | Mar 31, 2013 | 3.5 stars ( ) Irishcontessa | Mar 30, 2013 | no reviews | add a review
No descriptions found. 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. (summary from another edition) |
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