By Carnarvon, Almina; Carnarvon, Fiona; Carnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert; Carnarvon, Almina; Carnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert
ISBN-10: 0770435629
ISBN-13: 9780770435622
ISBN-10: 0770435637
ISBN-13: 9780770435639
Tells the tale in the back of Highclere fort, the real-life concept and environment for Julian Fellowes's Emmy Award-winning PBS convey, and the lifetime of considered one of its most renowned population, woman Almina, the fifth Countess of Carnarvon. girl Almina was once the daughter of a filthy rich industrialist, Alfred de Rothschild, who married his daughter off at a tender age, her dowry serving because the an important hyperlink within the attempt to maintain the Read more...
summary: Tells the tale in the back of Highclere citadel, the real-life idea and environment for Julian Fellowes's Emmy Award-winning PBS convey, and the lifetime of one in every of its most famed population, girl Almina, the fifth Countess of Carnarvon. girl Almina used to be the daughter of a filthy rich industrialist, Alfred de Rothschild, who married his daughter off at a tender age, her dowry serving because the the most important hyperlink within the attempt to maintain the Earl of Carnarvon's ancestral domestic. Throwing open the doorways of Highclere fort to are likely to the wounded of worldwide battle I, woman Almina unusual herself as a courageous and memorable girl
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Then, as now, the weddings of the aristocracy and the rich and famous were eagerly covered by the press. The ‘World of Women’ column in the Penny Illustrated paper carried a full-length portrait of Almina (although in a slip-up she was described as Miss Alice Wombwell in the caption) and described her gown in detail. Almina had passed from almost total obscurity to object of media scrutiny in a moment. With her new status came all sorts of pressures. Almina wasn’t given very long to wonder what lay in store for her.
The views to the north extend beyond Newbury towards the spires of Oxford. It is an area long praised for its natural beauty. ’ There has been a settlement at Highclere for thousands of years. There is an Iron Age hill fort at Beacon Hill and the land was owned by the bishops of Winchester for 800 years before passing into secular hands and eventually, in the late seventeenth century, to the Herbert family, Earls of Pembroke and ancestors of the Earls of Carnarvon. The park is a harmonious mix of natural and landscaped features, designed for the 1st Earl of Carnarvon in the eighteenth century by Capability Brown.
This remarkable ascent up the social ladder had not been entirely trouble-free. Even Rothschild money couldn’t atone for the fact that Mrs Marie Wombwell – widow of the heavy drinker and reckless gambler, Frederick Wombwell and, more importantly, the long-standing confidante of Sir Alfred – was not received in Society. Almina’s childhood was spent between Paris and London, her teenage years in 20 Bruton Street, W1, in the heart of Mayfair. There were also occasional visits to the Wombwells in Yorkshire.
Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey : the lost legacy of Highclere Castle by Carnarvon, Almina; Carnarvon, Fiona; Carnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert; Carnarvon, Almina; Carnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert
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