Champagne and Shambles: The Arkwrights and the Downfall of the Landed Aristocracy: The Arkwrights & the Country House in Crisis

by Catherine Beale (Author), Ronald Blythe (Foreword)

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  Hardcover
  2006

  $5.77

  In January 1870, Johnny Arkwright was the largest landowner in Herefordshire. From the processions and balls which celebrated his coming of age, to facing financial ruin at his own sons birthday and the eventual sale of the estate, this book shows, through the example of a prominent family, the downfall of the landed classes.