The Shooting Party
Author: Colegate, Isabel
ISBN: 9780141188676
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 30 Nov 2021
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
A masterpiece of historical fiction, and the inspiration behind Downton Abbey
It 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.
ISBN: 9780141188676
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 30 Nov 2021
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
A masterpiece of historical fiction, and the inspiration behind Downton Abbey
It 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.
