Unfortunately, I had to lead a discussion of this book.Because Downton Abbey was extremely popular on television at the same time, I had to convince my book group that the novel was poorly written and reminded me of a soap opera (like Downton Abbey). I succeeded! Similar setting, same time fram...
If you love Downton Abby and have watched the re-runs one too many times and are looking for a fix, look no furhter. This is a really fun read and captures an interesting intersection in American in British history. New American money finds its way to Europe in search of titles while European are...
Despite the distracting editing (and I'm not just referring to the British--I'm assuming--style) that desperately needs another once-over, I liked this book enough to read it all the way through. Even to look forward to coming back to it when I had to put it down, and sometimes even found myself ...
If one should give full credit to the bitter cry of the British-Matron-With-A-Lot-of-Marriageable-Daughters, he would imagine that there were no more any eligible bachelors to be found between Land’s End and John O’Groat’s; that Belgravia was an Adamless Eden, and Mayfair suffering from a modern ...