Edition |
Retail edition. |
Description |
7 audio discs (8.00 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Title from container. |
Performer |
Read by Wanda McCaddon. |
Note |
Unabridged. |
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Compact discs. |
Audience |
General adult. |
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. |
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. |
Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
Subject |
Carnarvon, Almina, Countess of, 1876-1969.
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Carnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, Earl of, 1866-1923.
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Highclere Castle.
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Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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Added Author |
McCaddon, Wanda.
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Tantor Media.
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ISBN |
9781452606842 |
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1452606846 |
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9781452636849 library ed. |
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1452636842 library ed. |
Standard No. |
9781452606842 53999 |
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