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Miranda Seymour
Kiss Me, Chudleigh
The Duchess Countess: The Woman Who Scandalised a Nation
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Country Life
Family Seats of the British Isles
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Andrew Roberts
Peer Reviewed
Lansdowne: The Last Great Whig
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Hugh Massingberd
Owners Move Back
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By Peter Mandler
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Wallace Arnold
Thin Ice
The King’s English: A Guide to Modern Usage
By Kingsley Amis
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Jessica Mann
Down with Hons
The Letters of Nancy Mitford
By Charlotte Mosley (ed)
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J W M Thompson
Thinker, Scientist, Banker, Spy
Elusive Rothschild: The Life of Victor, Third Baron
By Kenneth Rose
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Jonathan Keates
Dedicated Follower of Fashion
Last of the Dandies: The Scandalous Life and Escapades of Count D'Orsay
By Nick Foulkes
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Carole Angier
Pomp Prodigy
Mad Madge: Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, Royalist, Writer and Romantic
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Claus Bulow
Annabel’s Party
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Alexander Waugh
Nanny Knows Best
In Defence of Aristocracy
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Oak of the Realm
Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage
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Alexander Waugh
The Adventures of Lady Satin Tights
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Kenneth Rose
A Paying Guest In His Own Castle
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By Gerard Noel
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Frances Wilson
The Rollicking Regency
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Frances Wilson
Criminal Conversation
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Jane Ridley
Woman in Black
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Leslie Mitchell
Our Man in Naples
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Jane Ridley
Unhappy Valley
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