'Threads of romance,social comment,country lore and intrigue both above and below stairs are cunningly worked together to create a brilliant tapestry'Sunday TelegraphIt is 1913 - a breath away from the Great War - and Edwardian England is about to vanish into history. An assorted group of men and women gather at Sir Randolph Nettleby's estate for a shooting party. Opulent,adulterous,moving assuredly through the rituals of eating and slaughter,they are an era's dazzlingly obtuse and brilliantly decorative finale.A quiet,elegant meditation on class frustration and the transience of human concern,The Shooting Party is also the inspiration behind one of the great landmarks of popular culture - Downtown Abbey.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141188676Number of pages: 224Weight: 168 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 13 mm
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Threads of romance,social comment,country lore and intrigue both above and below stairs are cunningly worked together to create a brilliant tapestry... I have seldom enjoyed a book so muchColegate has found a perfect metaphor for the passing of a way of lifeA modern classicA minor masterpiece
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