Julian Fellowes's successful series, filmed at Highclere Castle - for centuries the seat and home to the Carnarvon family - inspired Fiona, the 8th Countess to write a biography of her predecessor, the 5th Countess. She succeeds brilliantly in welding biography and history together to form a valuable picture of people and politics when the great English country style was at its apogee and its aftermath both during and after WW I. She also includes the fascinating story of the 5th Lord Carnarvon and the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 76 Spring 2015 ) |
