The Real Life Women of 'Downton Abbey'

The Real Life Women of 'Downton Abbey'

by PamelaHorn (Author)

Synopsis

In the world of the late-Victorian and Edwardian country house the mistress and her daughters had many social duties and responsibilities to carry out both in their home community and in London, where they spent the Season and where the girls officially entered Society by being presented at Court. Pamela Horn's book examines the lives of these real 'Downton Abbey' ladies from their childhood and marriage to their role as a 'Lady Bountiful'. It covers their leisure pursuits, sporting activities, country-house weekends, and much more besides, up to the life-transforming years of the First World War.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Published: 07 Sep 2012

ISBN 10: 1445608324
ISBN 13: 9781445608327

Author Bio
Dr Pamela Horn lectured on social history for over twenty years at Oxford Brookes University. Her books include High Society: The English Social Elite 1880-1914, Ladies of the Manor: Wives & Daughters in Country House Society, Rise and Fall of the Victorian Servant, The Victorian Country Child and Flunkeys and Scullions. She lives in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.