Saturday, April 20, 2013

Want more Downton Abbey?

Are you charmed and enchanted by the British television series Downton Abbey? Are you sad that Season 3 is over? Did you know that there are books all about the television series?

Well, there are, and we have them! Come check them out!
  















 

The World of Downton Abbey
by Julian Fellowes
791.4527 Fell.J

A companion book to the popular British series about the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants offers insights into the story and characters and background information on British society in the early years of the twentieth century.















 



The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook
by Emily Baines
641.5 Bain.E

With this collection of delicacies inspired by Emmy Award-winning series Downton Abbey, you'll feel as sophisticated and poised as the men and women of Downton when you prepare these upstairs and downstairs favorites. You will love indulging in the splendors of another era with the snacks, entrees, and desserts from this masterpiece of a cookbook.














 


The Chronicles of Downton Abbey
by Julian Fellowes
791.457 Fell.J

This book, 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 book focuses on each character individually, examining their motivations, their actions, and the inspirations behind them.


















Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
by The Countess of Carnarvon
921 Carn.A (Musselman)

This book tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration for the hit PBS show Downton Abbey, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon and the basis of the fictional character Lady Cora Crawley. Drawing on a rich store of materials from archives of Highclere Castle, including diaries, letters, and photographs, the current Lady Carnarvon has written a transporting story of this fabled home on the brink of war.

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Upstairs & Downstairs: The Illustrated Guide to the Real World of Downton Abbey
by Sarah Warwick

941.082 Warw.S

A tour of a day in an Edwardian-era manor begins with the work of servants and culminates in a dinner party, in a text containing accounts from masters and servants and profiles of such individuals as Winston Churchill and Virginia Woolf.



And look for all three seasons of Downton Abbey on the DVD shelves at Martinsburg Public Library.

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