Name: Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey
ISBN: 9780770435622

Carnarvon, Fiona Countess of

the lost legacy of Highclere Castle

Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey

Lara Engle

I picked this up because I wanted a distraction from (gestures vaguely) everything. The beginning did the job, with plenty of descriptions of clothes and parties and castle decor. But then The Great War happened and dragged on for half the book. Not a good distraction. Plus, most of it wasn't even about Almina, the purported subject of the book. Once the war finally ended, we finally got some time in Egypt and the discovery of King Tut's tomb, which was interesting, but again, not about Almina. Almina was clearly an extremely generous, caring, and capable woman. I wanted more about her.

Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey the lost legacy of Highclere Castle

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