Hardback. Very Good. ISBN 0224099450 9780224099455 [GB]

ISBN10: 0224099450, ISBN13: 9780224099455, [publisher: Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London] Softcover [A] fantastically readable and endlessly fascinating book Delicious, occasionally fantastical, revealing in ways that Downtown Abbey never was. Rachel Cooke, Observer A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year There is nothing quite as beautiful as an English country house in summer. And there has never been a summer quite like that Indian summer between the two world wars, a period of gentle decline in which the sun set slowly on the British Empire and the shadows lengthened on the lawns of a thousand stately homes. Real life in the country house during the 1920s and 1930s was not always so sunny. By turns opulent and ordinary, noble and vicious, its shadows were darker. In The Long Weekend, Adrian Tinniswood uncovers the truth about a world half-forgotten, draped in myth and hidden behind stiff upper lips and film-star smiles. Drawing on hundreds of memoirs, on unpublished letters and diaries, on the eye-witness testimonies of belted earls and unhappy heiresses and bullying butlers, The Long Weekend gives a voice to the people who inhabited this world. In a definitive social history which combines anecdote and narrative with scholarship, it brings the stately homes of England to life, giving readers an insight into the guilt and the gingerbread, and showing how the image of the country house was carefully protected by its occupants above and below stairs, and how ...

Jonathan Cape, Date: 2016. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2016. Jonathan Cape ISBN 0224099450 9780224099455 [US]

London : Jonathan Cape, Date: 2016. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. original cloth hardcover, illustrated, 406 pages, fine in fine unclipped dustwrapper. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf B103 2016. Jonathan Cape ISBN 0224099450 9780224099455 [GB]

London .UK: Jonathan Cape, Date: 2016. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In this book Adrian Tinniswood uncovers the truth about a world half-forgotten, draped in myth and hidden behind stiff upper lips and film-star smiles. There is a small inscription to the lower corner of the half- title page. The boards, text block and dust jacket are all square ,tight and clean. Book price includes 2nd class postage in UK only. This book is photographed as proof against in-transit damage.. 2016. Jonathan Cape ISBN 0224099450 9780224099455 [GB]

imusti, Date: 2016-06-02. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good. imusti ISBN 0224099450 9780224099455 [US]