Habits of the House
- 314pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
A pitch-perfect story of life above and below stairs and an elegy to the last days of aristocracy and Empire.
Trilogia Amore ed Eredità Serie
Questa saga storica approfondisce le intricate dinamiche sociali e le vite che hanno preceduto l'epoca di Downton Abbey. Segui i destini intrecciati di personaggi di vari ceti sociali, dall'aristocrazia al personale di servizio, scoprendo le loro lotte e trionfi quotidiani. L'autrice crea magistralmente un'atmosfera autentica dell'epoca, ricca di drammi umani e personalità indimenticabili.
Ordine di lettura consigliato
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The second novel in Fay Weldon's Love and Inheritance trilogy, following the lives and loves of an aristocratic family at the turn of the nineteenth century.
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The third and final installment in Fay Weldon's Love & Inheritance trilogy sees the Dilbernes frantically preparing for a visit from the Royals The year is 1905 and King Edward VII has invited himself and his mistress to a shooting weekend with the Dilbernes. Now Isobel, the Countess, must turn a run-down mansion into a palace fit for a king. Just as well the family fortunes have been restored, but money can't solve everything--not even a kidnapping. The servants refuse to condone the King's morals; Isobel's daughter, Lady Rosina--now widowed and wealthy--insists on publishing a scandalous book, and the mis-spent pasts of Viscount Arthur and his Irish-American wife Minnie rear up to blacken the family name. When fate deals a hand in the middle of the shooting party, Isobel must consider not only her leading position in Society, but her entire future. Fay Weldon brings an aristocratic Edwardian household to fabulous, vibrant life in this gorgeously witty tale of manners and morals, commoners and countesses, from one of Britain's best loved authors.