The Power and the Glory: Life in the English Country House Before the Great War SS_Gift_Guide James Beard Award winner of

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The Power and the Glory: Life in the English Country House Before the Great War SS_Gift_Guide James Beard Award winner ofA spirited history of the English country house in its golden age For generations, the great palaces of Britain were home to living histories, noble families that had reigned for centuries. But by the end of the nineteenth century, members of elite society found themselves, for the first time, in the company of arrivistes. Their new neighborsfrom chorus girls to millionaire greengrocers to guano impresarioslacked lineage and were unencumbered by the