Written by the current lady of the manor, this book gives complete access to the world-renowned historic country house and showcases the art of entertaining, past and present. Highclere Castle, famed as the setting for Downton Abbey, is the epitome of how we imagine the perfect English country house[...]
Catherine Morland is an excitable young woman enraptured by the imaginary romantic worlds of mystery and intrigue in the gothic novels she consumes voraciously in her country cottage home. She is invited to Bath for the Season and thrills at the prospect of fashionable gowns and flirtacious encounte[...]
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Authentic new arrangements from each of these albums. 40 songs, including: The Fool on the Hill * I Am the Walrus * Penny Lane * The Long and Winding Road * Get Back * Let It Be * Here Comes the Sun * and many more[...]
The book was first published on 7 March 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd and in a Colonial edition by Longmans. 30,000 copies were made of the initial print run. The US edition by McClure, Phillips & Co. added another 28,000 copies to the run. This was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holme[...]
The most authoritative and most fully annotated critical edition available of Austen's first novel.
A lavish look at the real world--both the secret history and the behind-the-scenes drama--of the spellbinding Emmy Award-winning Masterpiece TV series "Downton Abbey""" "April 1912. The sun is rising behind Downton Abbey, a great and splendid house in a great and splendid park. So secure does it app[...]
Brilliantly evoking the long-vanished world of masters and servants portrayed in "Downton Abbey" and "Upstairs, Downstairs," Margaret Powell's classic memoir of her time in service, "Below Stairs, " is the remarkable true story of an indomitable woman who, though she served in the great houses of En[...]
The Great War has ended, but Downton Abbey is far from peaceful... "Americans can't get enough of 'Downton Abbey, '" said "The Boston Globe. "As Season 3 of the award-winning TV series opens, it is 1920 and Downton Abbey is waking up to a world changed forever by World War I. New characters arrive a[...]
Gain unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to "Downton Abbey" in this official Season 4 tie-in book, complete with never-before-seen photos giving fans insight into the making of the runaway hit.
Expertly crafted with generous inside knowledge and facts, this book will delve into the inspiratio[...]
It's 1924 and there have been many changes at Downton Abbey since the family and their servants first welcomed us there twelve years ago. A generation of men has been tragically lost at the front; children are once again breathing new life into the great house; a chauffeur now sits at the Grantham d[...]
The household staff of Downton Abbey carries out their duties with effortless dignity, finesse and pride. Yet how do they know how exactly to lay the table, when to leave the room to give Lord and Lady Grantham their privacy, how to care for Lady Mary's furs and which uniform to wear when? This rece[...]
Since the moment we first entered Downton Abbey in 1912, we have been swept away by Julian Fellowes s evocative world of romance, intrigue, drama and tradition. Now, in 1925, as Downton Abbey prepares to close its doors for the final time, Jessica Fellowes leads us through the house and estate, reli[...]
"Come war and peace Downton still stands and the Crawleys are still in it."Downton Abbey is loved the world over for its fabulous costumes, beautiful scenery, wonderful characters and intricate plot lines, but what keeps millions of us coming back time after time is the stellar quality of the writin[...]
Austen's works brought her little personal renown because they were published anonymously. Although her novels quickly became fashionable among opinion-makers, such as Princess Charlotte Augusta, daughter of the Prince Regent, they received only a few published reviews. Most of the reviews were shor[...]