At Home at Highclere - by The Countess of Carnarvon (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Preface Publishing, an imprint of Cornerstone."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Written by the current lady of the manor, this book gives complete access to the world-renowned historic country house and showcases the art of entertaining, past and present<b>. </b>Highclere Castle, famed as the setting for Downton Abbey, is the epitome of how we imagine the perfect English country house. Long the Carnarvon family's ancestral country seat, Highclere has welcomed royalty, statesmen, and notables from the worlds of business, academia, and the arts for shooting parties, elegant fêtes, and celebrations in the grand style. <p/> Lady Fiona Carnarvon, the current chatelaine, invites readers inside Highclere, past and present, as she describes how to entertain in the style of a stately English country house: the etiquette of the invitation, multi-course meals, correct seating arrangements, proper attire, setting the table. She delves into family archives to highlight four real-life historic weekend parties over a seventy-year period during which Highclere hosted an ever-changing cast of notable figures--including Benjamin Disraeli and the Prince of Wales--exploring how society and entertaining changed decade by decade. Complete with gorgeous full-color photography of Highclere's rooms and punctuated by charming archival images, the book explores changing menus, fashionable cocktails of the day, and includes, where practical, adaptations for recipes which can be used for entertaining in the present day.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Gain complete access to the world-renowned historic country house and its art of entertaining, past and present. Highclere has welcomed royalty, statesmen, and notables from the worlds of business, academia, and the arts for shooting parties, elegant fêtes, and celebrations in the grand style. <br>--<i>The Society Diaries</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>The Countess of Carnarvon</b> attended St Andrews University and was an auditor for Coopers & Lybrand before authoring bestselling works of historical biography, including <i>Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey</i> and <i>Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey</i>.
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