The Long Weekend
Life in the English Country House Between the Wars
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2026
Vintage (Verlag)
978-1-5299-6198-0 (ISBN)
Vintage (Verlag)
978-1-5299-6198-0 (ISBN)
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'A masterpiece of social history' Daily Mail
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
All that glitters may not be gold - delve into the shadows of the English country house between the two world wars.
During the 1920s and 1930s, as the sun set slowly on the British Empire, England's stately homes concealed worlds both opulent and ordinary, noble yet viscious.
In The Long Weekend, Adrian Tinniswood uncovers the truth behind life in the English country house during the 1920s and 1930s, a life draped in myth, hidden behind stiff upper lips and film-star smiles.
Drawing on hundreds of memoirs, on unpublished letters and diaries, on the eye-witness testimonies of belted earls, unhappy heiresses and bullying butlers, The Long Weekend reveals how the image of the country house was carefully protected by its occupants above and below stairs, and how the reality was so much more interesting than the dream.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
All that glitters may not be gold - delve into the shadows of the English country house between the two world wars.
During the 1920s and 1930s, as the sun set slowly on the British Empire, England's stately homes concealed worlds both opulent and ordinary, noble yet viscious.
In The Long Weekend, Adrian Tinniswood uncovers the truth behind life in the English country house during the 1920s and 1930s, a life draped in myth, hidden behind stiff upper lips and film-star smiles.
Drawing on hundreds of memoirs, on unpublished letters and diaries, on the eye-witness testimonies of belted earls, unhappy heiresses and bullying butlers, The Long Weekend reveals how the image of the country house was carefully protected by its occupants above and below stairs, and how the reality was so much more interesting than the dream.
Adrian Tinniswood is professorial research fellow in history at the University of Buckingham, adjunct professor of history at Maynooth University and the author of many books on British history, including the Sunday Times bestseller The Long Weekend. He was awarded an OBE for services to heritage, and lives in the west of Ireland.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.7.2026 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 500 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5299-6198-X / 152996198X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5299-6198-0 / 9781529961980 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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