The Power and the Glory : The Country House Before the Great WarAuthor: Tinniswood, Adrian United Kingdom, Great Britain Published on 3 October 2024 by Vintage Publishing (Jonathan Cape Ltd) in the United Kingdom. Hardback 432 pages 244 x 164 x 41 692g 'Glamour, scholarship and superlative storytelling [] an enthralling read.'LUCY WORSLEYAdrian Tinniswood opens the doors on the excess, intrigue and absurdities of life in the late Victorian and Edwardian country houseIn the decades before the First World War, the

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