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<p><b>A delightful</b> <b>journey</b><b> through the glamorous story of the English country house party by the bestselling historian.</b><br><b></b><br><b>Croquet. Parlour games. Cocktails. </b>Welcome to a glorious journey through the<b> golden age of the country house party </b>- and <i>you </i>are invited. </p><p>Our host, <b>celebrated historian</b> <b>Adrian Tinniswood</b>, traces the evolution of this quintessentially British pastime from debauched<b> royal tours</b> to the flamboyant excess of the <b>Bright Young Things</b>. With cameos by the <b>Jazz Age</b> industrialist, the bibulous earl and the off-duty politician - whether in moated manor houses or ornate Palladian villas - Tinniswood gives a vivid insight into <b>weekending etiquette </b>and reveals the hidden lives of <b>celebrity guests</b>, from<b> Nancy Astor to Winston Churchill,</b> in all their drinking, feasting, gambling and fornicating. </p><p>The result is a deliciously entertaining,<b> star-studded,</b> yet surprisingly moving portrait of a time when social conventions were being radically overhauled through the escapism of a generation haunted by <b>war </b>- and a uniquely fast-living period of <b>Englis

Author

Tinniswood, Adrian, author

Publisher

Faber & Faber, Limited

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780571350971

Subjects

History, Anthropology, Humanities