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Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
216 pages ; 23 cm
Description
Introducing Detective Inspector Herbert Reardon in a new mystery series, set in the Downton Abbey period. November, 1928. Family and friends have gathered at the Shropshire country home of Penrose Llewellyn to celebrate the retired wealthy businessman's 60th birthday. But the morning after what should have been a convivial supper party, their host is found dead in his bed - and the circumstances look decidedly suspicious. As he questions the victim's...
Author
Series
Dido Kent mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
335 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Miss Dido Kent vacations at a cousin's home and encounters distasteful dealings among Surrey's upper classes in the wake of a neighbor's sudden death, a situation that poses complications to her romance with Mr. William Lomax.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Dell
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
Jean is a house sitter at the end of a dreary career. Steph is nine months pregnant and on the run. And Michael is a thief. Through a mixture of deceit, good luck, and misfortune, these three damaged loners have come together at a secluded country home called Walden Manor. Now all three have found what they needed most: a new beginning, a little kindness, a little love. Living off the manor's riches, tending its grounds and gardens, they leave the...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
363 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
Shepherd puts a new twist on Austen's work. When Fanny Price is brutally killed on the grounds of Mansfield Park, Mary Crawford teams up with a thief-taker from London, to deal with romance, intrigue, and crimes of the heart.
46) Mansfield Park
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fanny Price goes to live with prosperous relatives at Mansfield Park and must navigate a labyrinth of intrigues and affairs among the occupants of the house.
Author
Series
Florence Norris mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Severn House Pub Ltd
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
251 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
November, 1932. Still reeling from the recent murder at Mullings, country estate of the wealthy Stodmarsh family, the peaceful little village of Dovecote Hatch is about to be rocked by news of another violent death. When mild-mannered Kenneth Tenneson is found dead from a fall down the stairs at his home, the coroner's inquest announces a verdict of accidental death. Florence Norris, however -the quietly observant housekeeper at Mullings - suspects...
Author
Series
Dido Kent mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
300 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Visiting Bellfield Hall to comfort her niece, who has been seemingly abandoned by her wealthy fiancé, Miss Dido Kent investigates the possibly related death of a young woman, a situation that is complicated by surprising secrets.
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
338 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
The daughter of an eccentric chemist, young Emilie Selden is a scientist in an eighteenth-century world that dismisses female accomplishment, until an encounter with the temptations of the outside world lures her away from her home and her work.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
20 CDs (25 hrs. 30 min) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Wideacre estate is bankrupt. The villagers are living in poverty and formerly stunning hall is a smoke-blackened ruin. But, in the Dower House nearby, two children are being raised in protected innocence. Equal claimants to the estate, rivals for the love of the village, they are tied by a secret childhood betrothal but forbidden to marry. Only one can be the favored child--only one can inherit the magical understanding between the land and the...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
314 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.
Description
"The Chronicles of Downton Abbey, carefully pieced together at the heart and hearth of the ancestral home of the Crawleys, takes readers deeper into the story of every important member of the Downton estate.This lavish, entirely new book focuses on each character individually, examining their motivations, their actions, and the inspirations behind them."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
viii, 294 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
"It's London in 1876, and the whole city is abuzz with the enigmatic disappearance of a famous foreign pianist. Lenox has an eye on the matter - as a partner in a now-thriving detective agency, he's a natural choice to investigate. Just when he's tempted to turn his focus to it entirely, however, his grieving brother asks him to come down to Sussex, and Lenox leaves the metropolis behind for the quieter country life of his boyhood. Or so he thinks....
55) Mr. Rochester
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
453 pages ; 24 cm
Description
On his eighth birthday, Edward Rochester is banished from his beloved Thornfield Hall to learn his place in life. His journey eventually takes him to Jamaica where, as a young man, he becomes entangled with an enticing heiress and makes a choice that will haunt him. It is only when he finally returns home and encounters one stubborn, plain, young governess, that Edward can see any chance of redemption - and love.
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
503 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Description
Innovative architects strive to reinvent the country house and develop a new rural architecture rather than simply remodeling or recreating traditional forms and techniques. The design process involves the transfer of an urban design consciousness out of the cities into rugged environments. The resulting homes can be described as simple and practical, but most importantly, as a type of construction that is often an impressive balance between a natural...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xi, 322 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Description
"In The Long Weekend, acclaimed historian Adrian Tinniswood tells the story of the rise and fall of the English aristocracy through the rise and fall of the great country house. Historically, these massive houses had served as the administrative and social hubs of their communities, but the fallout from World War I had wrought seismic changes on the demographics of the English countryside. In addition to the vast loss of life among the landed class,...
Author
Publisher
Jean Grainger
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 23 cm
Description
When her husband doesn't come home one day, Ariella realises that the only way she can ensure her Jewish children's safety is to avail of the Kindertransport, but can she bear to let them go? A thousand miles away, Elizabeth Klein has closed herself off from the world. Losing her husband on the last day of the Great War, and her child months later, she cannot, will not, love again. It hurts too much. But she is all Liesl and Erich Bannon have. Thrown...
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