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Heirs and Graces

By Eleanor Doughty

Heirs and Graces

By Eleanor Doughty

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The fascinating new history of the British Aristocracy since the Second World War 'A deeply researched and highly entertaining account' - Julian Fellowes, creator of Downtown Abbey 'This well-written, well-researched and fascinating book could not be better timed.' - Lord (Andrew) Roberts, author of Salisbury: Victorian Titan There are fewer than 5000 people who can genuinely claim to be members of the British aristocracy, and yet they loom large in the popular consciousness. We're fascinated by their houses and estates, their lives and loves, their foibles and eccentricities. And we entertain the strong suspicion that, while they may be fellow citizens, they are very far from being People Like Us. In Heirs and Graces Eleanor Doughty draws on her unparalleled access to a bewildering range of dukes, duchesses, earls and others to create a vivid picture of who they are and how they tick. En route she traces their progress from a post-war era when they and their like were described by one future Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer as 'selfish, depraved, dissolute and decadent' to their diverse current roles as guardians of vast ancestral mansions, farmers, financiers and much else beside. She looks at key rites of passage, from cradle, via boarding school to grave. And she tells stories of their ups and downs, and of the doings of the heroes and villains who fill their ranks. The result is a wonderfully rich, often amusing, always revealing account of the fortunes of the aristocracy over the past century and a series of fascinating glimpses into what it is like to be an aristocrat in Britain today.
Product details
Number of Pages:
656
Release Date:
2025-09-09
Publication Date:
2025-09-04
Publisher:
Random House UK Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1529153042
ISBN13:
9781529153040
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
950 g
Height:
155 cm
Width:
239 cm
Thickness:
60 cm
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