02135cam a2200433 i 4500 1064959088 TxAuBib 20231206120000.0 111018s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011042617 9780770435622 0770435629 9780770435639 0770435637 (OCoLC)758387421 TxAuBib rda Carnarvon, Fiona,. Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey : the lost legacy of Highclere Castle / by The Countess of Carnarvon. 1st U.S. edition. New York : Broadway Paperbacks, 2011. x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-300) and index. Pomp and circumstance -- Welcome to Highclere -- Almina, debutante -- A triumph for her ladyship -- Life downstairs -- Dressing for dinner -- Edwardian Egypt -- The passing of the golden age -- The summer of 1914 -- Call to arms -- Paradise lost -- War heroes -- Hospital on the move -- Death in the trenches -- The dark times -- The promised end -- From war to peace -- Another glittering season -- "Wonderful things" -- Lights out -- Inheritance. 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. 20231206. 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. Biographies.