Anonymous
Post 03/08/2016 10:45     Subject: Re:nonfiction recs for Downton Abbey fans?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Howard's End




Huh? The novel by EM Forster?


The Good Soldier


People, OP wants nonfiction.


Shhh...whether it's intentional or not, it's kinda funny. Faux literary types have poor reading comprehension.


Don't be such a pompous ass.


Ok. If you promise to pull the stick out of yours!
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2016 10:43     Subject: nonfiction recs for Downton Abbey fans?
"Minding the Manor: The Memoir Of A 1930's English Kitchen Maid" by Mollie Moran is very entertaining. Written by a woman in her 90s with the spark of someone half her age.

Also "Rose: My Life in Service to Lady Astor" by Rosina Harrison. The author worked for a woman who was, in the nicest of terms, difficult.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2016 10:33     Subject: Re:nonfiction recs for Downton Abbey fans?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Howard's End




Huh? The novel by EM Forster?


The Good Soldier


People, OP wants nonfiction.


Shhh...whether it's intentional or not, it's kinda funny. Faux literary types have poor reading comprehension.


Don't be such a pompous ass.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2016 23:31     Subject: Re:nonfiction recs for Downton Abbey fans?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Howard's End




Huh? The novel by EM Forster?


The Good Soldier


People, OP wants nonfiction.


Shhh...whether it's intentional or not, it's kinda funny. Faux literary types have poor reading comprehension.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2016 23:18     Subject: nonfiction recs for Downton Abbey fans?
To marry an English lord

That's the book that inspired fellowes to write DA
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2016 21:19     Subject: Re:nonfiction recs for Downton Abbey fans?
Below Stairs by Margaret Powell
http://www.amazon.com/Below-Stairs-Inspired-Upstairs-Downstairs/dp/1250023211/ref=pd_sim_14_4?ie=UTF8&dpID=51ViORenf0L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR107%2C160_&refRID=0DBDKNEG7GBYC79XHFPQ

A memoir of life as a maid in a big manor house.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2016 20:38     Subject: Re:nonfiction recs for Downton Abbey fans?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Howard's End




Huh? The novel by EM Forster?


The Good Soldier


People, OP wants nonfiction.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2016 20:36     Subject: Re:nonfiction recs for Downton Abbey fans?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Howard's End




Huh? The novel by EM Forster?


The Good Soldier
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2016 20:06     Subject: Re:nonfiction recs for Downton Abbey fans?
Anonymous wrote:Howard's End




Huh? The novel by EM Forster?
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2016 19:41     Subject: Re:nonfiction recs for Downton Abbey fans?
OP, again not a book, but I like this show "Supersizers Eat..." This episode is on the Edwardian Era:


There's also an episode on the Victorian Era.

You can find Manor House on youtube too. You may also like the 1900 House:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdhqGUWGzjc&list=PL1547779732B6D1D8
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2016 19:23     Subject: nonfiction recs for Downton Abbey fans?
Anonymous wrote:OP here's a book I found about Highclere castle, the "real" Downton Abbey: Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey http://www.amazon.com/Lady-Catherine-Earl-Downton-Abbey/dp/0385344961/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1457379981&sr=1-7&keywords=history+english+landed+gentry

The great English houses were established well before 1912, when the first episode of Downton Abbey took place. An interesting trivia/fact about Highclere is that the one of the Canarvons funded Howard Carter's Egyptian expeditions. Howard Carter discovered King Tut's tomb.





OP here, I read one, that hoping it would fit the bill, but it wasn't about the actual house and social mores, etc. as much as I had hoped. More about the Egyptian expeditions themselves.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2016 15:43     Subject: Re:nonfiction recs for Downton Abbey fans?
The Manor House on Amazon Prime:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339957/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Not a book, but bring together modern day people to live the rules of the Edwardian Era. Fascinating.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2016 14:52     Subject: nonfiction recs for Downton Abbey fans?
OP here's a book I found about Highclere castle, the "real" Downton Abbey: Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey http://www.amazon.com/Lady-Catherine-Earl-Downton-Abbey/dp/0385344961/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1457379981&sr=1-7&keywords=history+english+landed+gentry

The great English houses were established well before 1912, when the first episode of Downton Abbey took place. An interesting trivia/fact about Highclere is that the one of the Canarvons funded Howard Carter's Egyptian expeditions. Howard Carter discovered King Tut's tomb.



Anonymous
Post 03/07/2016 14:44     Subject: Re:nonfiction recs for Downton Abbey fans?
Howard's End


Anonymous
Post 03/07/2016 13:44     Subject: nonfiction recs for Downton Abbey fans?
Can anyone recommend a good nonfiction book about the great country houses of the era of Downton Abbey? I'm facinated by historical nuances of both the upstairs and downstairs, would enjoy learning in more detail if anyone has any suggestions.