“The Grand Duchess
had been right to make her investment, even if things did not quite turn out as
she had wished.”
If, like me, you are a dedicated fan of the goings on in
Downton Abbey, anxiously awaiting every intrigue endured by Lady Mary and all
the other Crawleys, then hold on to your hat. The writer behind that TV
institution has delivered a delectable novel set looking back at the events of
the London Social Season in the Sixties.
Outsider, Damian Baxter, is introduced to high society by
the narrator, Damian is adored by the female set, out to break hearts and cause
trouble. Now looking back with the benefit of age, the narrator discovers all
was not as it appeared at the time, as he sets out on a quest for a dying
Damian to quiz his past loves.
Fellowes effortlessly creates an attractive world that the
reader revels in. The plot, while interesting, pales in comparison with the
roll call of interesting characters.
5 out of 5 , not in
front of the servants.
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