Author: William Henry JonesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caernarfon (Wales)
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Old Karnarvon
Author: William Henry JonesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caernarfon (Wales)
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
Author: The Countess of CarnarvonPublisher: Crown
ISBN: 0770435637
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The real-life inspiration and setting for the Emmy Award-winning Downton Abbey, Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon. 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 Cora Crawley, 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.
Old Wales
Author: Christmas at Highclere
Author: The Countess of CarnarvonPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473571030
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Highclere Castle, known as 'the real Downton Abbey' bustles with activity at the best of times, but it is never more alive than at Christmas. Christmas at Highclere is a look behind the scenes at the routines and rituals that make the castle the most magical place to be throughout the festive season. Lady Carnarvon will guide you through Advent, Christmas preparations and Christmas Eve all the way through to the day itself, and beyond. Learn how the castle and grounds are transformed by decorations, including the raising of a twenty-foot tree in the saloon, the gathering of holly and mistletoe from the grounds. All the intricacies of the perfect traditional Christmas are here: from crackers and carol singers. The festive feeling is carried through to Highclere's Boxing Day traditions, the restorative middle days and the New Year's Eve celebrations. This book also tells the story of historic Christmases at Highclere - of distinguished guests warming themselves by the fire after a long journeys home through the snow, unexpected knocks on the door, and, always, the joy of bringing family - and staff - together after a busy year. As well as telling the stories of Highclere Christmases past and present, Lady Carnarvon provides recipes, tips and inspiration from her kitchen so that readers can bring a quintessentially British festive spirit to their own home. Lady Carnarvon divulges the secret to perfectly flakey mince pies, the proper way to wrap presents so that you and your guests are guaranteed a Christmas to remember. Lavish, celebratory and utterly enchanting, Christmas at Highclere is celebration of one of the UK's most beloved historic houses and is the perfect gift for any Downton Abbey fan.
Lord and Pharaoh
Author: Brian FaganPublisher: Left Coast Press
ISBN: 1629581518
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Though they lived over 3000 years apart, the lives of Egyptian King Tutankhamun and the fifth Lord Carnarvon-- who found his tomb-- share many parallels. Brian Fagan's artful narrative weaves these two lives together, showing how archaeological information can effectively tell the story of real lives of people in the past.
Carnarvonshire
Author: J. E. LloydPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107641624
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
This guide to Carnarvonshire by J. E. Lloyd was first published in 1911 as part of the Cambridge County Geographies.
At Home at Highclere
Author: Countess of CarnarvonPublisher: Preface Publishing
ISBN: 9781848094987
Category : Entertaining
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. Lady Carnarvon's love of history is richly rewarded at Highclere Castle with its mine of family records going back some 300 years. She has delved into the archives to create a book that invites you inside the Castle, past and present. Throughout the centuries, Highclere has welcomed Royalty, Statesmen, Egyptologists and pioneers of technology along with men and women from the worlds of music, art and letters. The etiquette of the invitation, the balance of guests at a weekend house party, their 'placement' at dinners, and the entertainment of friends, as well as the domestic management required to execute the perfect occasion, have all preoccupied successive generations of chatelaines. This book tells the story four real life weekends - from 1866 to 1936 - when the great and the good gathered at Highclere to change the world in some large or small part. It then reflects on how the current Countess entertains 'At Home' at Highclere today.
The maxima charta of 1832, for England, Ireland, and Scotland ... also the statutes which describe the boundaries
Author: Parliament acts, Will. ivPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
South African Law Reports. Cape Provincial Division
Author: Sir Alexander Fraser RussellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland
Author: John GortonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description