02698cam a2200349 4500 547196386 TxAuBib 20120419120000.0 121113s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011042617 9780770435622 0770435629 9780770435639 ebk. 0770435637 ebk. (OCoLC)758387421 DLC eng DLC BTCTA YDXCP ORX UPZ BWX IXA BDX CDX TxAuBib Carnarvon, Fiona, Countess of. Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey : the lost legacy of Highclere Castle / by The Countess of Carnarvon. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Broadway Paperbacks, 2011. x, 310 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-300) and index. 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. "Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration for the hit PBS show Downton Abbey, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon and the basis of the fictional character Lady Cora Crawley. Drawing on a rich store of materials from the archives of Highclere Castle, including diaries, letters, and photographs, the current Lady Carnarvon has written a transporting story of this fabled home on the brink of war. Much like her Masterpiece Classic counterpart, Lady Almina was the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, Alfred de Rothschild, who married his daughter off at a young age, her dowry serving as the crucial link in the effort to preserve the Earl of Carnarvon's ancestral home. Throwing open the doors of Highclere Castle to tend to the wounded of World War I, Lady Almina distinguished herself as a brave and remarkable woman. This rich tale contrasts the splendor of Edwardian life in a great house against the backdrop of the First World War and offers an inspiring and revealing picture of the woman at the center of the history of Highclere Castle"- 20120419. Carnarvon, Almina Countess of 1876-1969. Carnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert Earl of 1866-1923. Highclere Castle. Nobility Great Britain Biography. World War, 1914-1918 Great Britain. Great Britain Social life and customs 20th century. TXCKT