Upstairs & Downstairs: The Illustrated Guide to the Real World of Downton Abbey

Upstairs & Downstairs: The Illustrated Guide to the Real World of Downton Abbey
ISBN-10
1847327907
ISBN-13
9781847327901
Category
Country homes
Pages
128
Language
English
Published
2011
Publisher
Carlton Books Limited
Author
Sarah Warwick

Description

A tour of a day in an Edwardian-era manor begins with the work of servants and culminates in a dinner party, in a text containing accounts from masters and servants and profiles of such individuals as Winston Churchill and Virginia Woolf.

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