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Language 0224099450 
The long weekend : life in the English country house 1918-1939. 
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Publication year: 2016
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Classification: 941.083
Publisher: London : Jonathan Cape, 2016.
ISBN: 0224099450 9780224099455 (hbk): 25.00
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There is nothing quite as beautiful as an English country house in summer. And there has never been a summer quite like that Indian summer between the two world wars, a period of gentle decline in which the sun set slowly on the British Empire and the shadows lengthened on the lawns of a thousand stately homes. Real life in the country house during the 1920s and 1930s was not always so sunny. By turns opulent and ordinary, noble and vicious, its shadows were darker. In 'The Long Weekend', Adrian Tinniswood uncovers the truth about a world half-forgotten, draped in myth and hidden behind stiff upper lips and film-star smiles.
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An interesting exploration of the English country house in a time of vast and rapid social change, particularly with many nouveau riche players (press barons, American robber barons, etc) in the game. A fascinating and enjoyable read.
08/11/16
Wiltshire
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