The Secret Rooms - A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, and a Family Secret (Paperback)

For fans of "Downton Abbey," this "New York Times" bestseller is the enthralling true story of family secrets and aristocratic intrigue in the days before WWI
After the Ninth Duke of Rutland, one of the wealthiest men in Britain, died alone in a cramped room in the servants' quarters of Belvoir Castle on April 21, 1940, his son and heir ordered the room, which contained the Rutland family archives, sealed. Sixty years later, Catherine Bailey became the first historian given access. What she discovered was a mystery: The Duke had painstakingly erased three periods of his life from all family records--but why? As Bailey uncovers the answers, she also provides an intimate portrait of the very top of British society in the turbulent days leading up to World War I.

General

Imprint:	Penguin USA
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2013
First published:	December 2013
Authors:	Catherine Bailey
Dimensions:	213 x 139 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	465
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-312473-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Royalty Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Biography > Royalty Promotions
LSN:	0-14-312473-0
Barcode:	9780143124733

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