The Secret Rooms - 9780143124733
Un libro in lingua di Catherine Bailey edito da Penguin Group USA, 2013
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For fans of Downton Abbey: the enthralling true story of family secrets and aristocratic intrigue in the days before WWI
After the Ninth Duke of Rutland, one of the wealthiest men in Britain, died alone in a cramped room in the servants’ quarters of Belvoir Castle on April 21, 1940, his son and heir ordered the room, which contained the Rutland family archives, sealed. Sixty years later, Catherine Bailey became the first historian given access. What she discovered was a mystery: The Duke had painstakingly erased three periods of his life from all family records?but why? As Bailey uncovers the answers, she also provides an intimate portrait of the very top of British society in the turbulent days leading up to World War I.
After the Ninth Duke of Rutland, one of the wealthiest men in Britain, died alone in a cramped room in the servants’ quarters of Belvoir Castle on April 21, 1940, his son and heir ordered the room, which contained the Rutland family archives, sealed. Sixty years later, Catherine Bailey became the first historian given access. What she discovered was a mystery: The Duke had painstakingly erased three periods of his life from all family records?but why? As Bailey uncovers the answers, she also provides an intimate portrait of the very top of British society in the turbulent days leading up to World War I.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Secret Rooms
- Sottotitolo: A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, and a Family Secret
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Catherine Bailey
- Editore: Penguin Group USA
- Collana: Penguin Group USA (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 31 Dicembre '13
- Genere: HISTORY
- Pagine: 465
- Dimensioni mm: 214 x 139 x 0
- EAN-13: 9780143124733