

Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
Author: The Countess of Carnarvon
Narrator: Wanda McCaddon
Unabridged: 7 hr 28 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 03/05/2012
Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, History, European History, Historical Biography
Synopsis
Much like her Masterpiece Classic counterpart Lady Cora Crawley, Lady Almina was the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, Alfred de Rothschild, who married his daughter off at a young age, her dowry serving as the crucial link in the effort to preserve the Earl of Carnarvon's ancestral home. Throwing open the doors of Highclere Castle to tend to the wounded of World War I, Lady Almina distinguished herself as a brave and remarkable woman.
This rich tale contrasts the splendor of Edwardian life in a great house against the backdrop of the First World War and offers an inspiring and revealing picture of the woman at the center of the history of Highclere Castle.