to live with her cousins in the country, one mad about horses and hunting, one about aviation. Philip Rock, The Passing Bells. The impact of World War I on the ...
IF YOU LIKE DOWNTON ABBEY... Reading recommendations from Nancy Pearl, librarian, author, and book commentator
FICTION Pat Barker, Regeneration Based on the life of the well-known soldier and antiwar poet Siegfried Sassoon, this award-winning novel is followed by The Eye in the Door and Ghost Road.
Charles Todd, A Duty to the Dead First of the Bess Crawford mysteries, featuring a battlefield nurse. Also try the same author’s mysteries starring Inspector Rutledge, a troubled World War I veteran.
Ken Follett, Fall of Giants The story of five interrelated families—American, Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs German, Russian, English, and Welsh—through World Many of the plots in this popular series of mysteries War I and after. First of a trilogy. center on the events of World War I. Kate Morton, The House at Riverton Spans the decades from World War I to the last years of the 20th century.
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K.M. Peyton, Flambards First in a four-book series, set just prior to World War I about orphaned Christina Russell who is sent to live with her cousins in the country, one mad about horses and hunting, one about aviation.
Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth The first in Brittain’s three-part memoir series, this installment encompasses World War I, describing its impact on the author and her family as well as England.
Philip Rock, The Passing Bells The impact of World War I on the life of a titled British family, their friends, their servants, and the society in which they live. First of a trilogy originally published in 1982, to be reissued by Morrow in December, 2012. It’s followed by Circles of Time and A Future Arrived.
Miranda Carter, George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I An account of the events leading up to World War I, and a close look at three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and their roles in the great war.
Elizabeth Speller, The Return of Captain John Emmett At the behest of the dead man’s sister, Lawrence Bartram investigates the mysterious death of his old schoolmate and fellow World War I veteran Captain John Emmett.
Countess of Carnarvon, Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle Tells the story of Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration for Downton Abbey, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon, the basis of the fictional character Lady Cora Crawley.
NONFICTION CONT. Wade Davis, Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest Shows how Mallory (and team) were affected by the war and how their wartime experiences affected the famed Everest climb.
Jeanne Mackenzie, The Children of the Souls: A Tragedy of the First World War Portrays the lives of an elite group of English intellectuals who died fighting in World War I.
Juliet Nicolson, The Perfect Summer: England 1911, Paul Fussell, The Great War and Modern Memory Just Before the Storm Using personal correspondence, newspapers, and This social history looks at life in England in the literary works—this fascinating look at the impact of Summer of 1911. The coronation of King George V, World War I contains a wide selection of rare images. the summer’s unusual heat wave, industrial strikes across the nation, a bored aristocracy, and a country Robert Graves, Goodbye to All That: on the brink of radical change paint a vivid picture of An Autobiography the time. In this acclaimed autobiography, first published in 1929, poet Robert Graves traces his early life and Margaret Powell, Below Stairs: The Classic Kitchen experiences in World War I. Maid’s Memoir That Inspired Upstairs Downstairs and Downton Abbey Adam Hochschild, To End All Wars: A Story of Powell’s classic memoir of her time in service is a Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 fascinating glimpse of that long-gone world. Describes the lives and experiences of the men and women who opposed World War I for a variety of reasons.
The Great War is over and a long-awaited engagement is on, but all is not tranquil at Downton Abbey as wrenching social changes, romantic intrigues, and personal crises grip the majestic English country estate for a third thrilling season. The acclaimed cast returns with guest star Academy Award®-winner Shirley MacLaine.
Downton Abbey Season 3 will air on MASTERPIECE on PBS, Sundays starting January 6, 9PM/EST
