Tinniswood, Adrian
The Long Weekend
- ISBN 13:
- 9780099592853
- author:
- Tinniswood, Adrian
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Vintage
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 416
- Dimensions:
- 23.5 x 17.2 x 2.6 centimetres (1
- Genre:
- History, Europe, Great Britain,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Summer in an English country house between the two world wars was a unique and captivating time. As the sun set slowly on the British Empire, the shadows lengthened on the lawns of a thousand stately homes.
The reality behind the myth of these grand estates was far more complex than the polished image presented to visitors. Through hundreds of memoirs, unpublished letters and diaries, as well as eyewitness testimonies from those who lived and worked within these households, Adrian Tinniswood uncovers a world half-forgotten.
This book gives voice to the people who inhabited this world, revealing how the image of the country house was carefully protected by its occupants, while also showing how the reality was often more interesting than the dream.
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