Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey [sound recording] / The Countess of Carnarvon.

Title:

ISBN:

9781452606842

Personal Author:

Carnarvon, Fiona, Countess of

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publication Information:

[Old Saybrook, Conn.] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2012.

Physical Description:

7 sound discs (8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Compact discs.

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.

Summary:

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.

Personal Subject:

Carnarvon, Almina, Countess of, 1876-1969.

Carnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, Earl of, 1866-1923.

Corporate Subject:

Highclere Castle.

Geographic Term:

Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century

Subject Term:

Nobility--Great Britain -- Biography

World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain

Genre:

Biographies