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Machinima

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Machinima is the most notorious purveyor and cultivator of fandom and gamer culture. This channel...

The Face of the Buddha

William Empson, Rupert Arrowsmith and Partha Mitter

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Taking up a teaching appointment in Tokyo in 1931, the English poet and literary critic William...

Housesteads Roman Fort - The Grandest Station: Volumes 1 & 2

Alan Rushworth

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Housesteads is one of the most important forts on Hadrian's Wall. Extensive excavations were carried...

Goat

Joy Hinson

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Adaptable, resilient, yet often overlooked, the goat - sometimes called the 'poor man's cow' - is...

BookwormMama14 (18 KP) rated The World of Downton Abbey in Books

Jan 2, 2019

I admit that I have a slight obsession with Downton Abbey. It sucked me in from the start. And now my curiosity as piqued as to what life was really like in the early 1900s. Therefore, I am branching out a bit in the books that I am reading.

The World of Downton Abbey is a companion guide to the second season of the beloved BBC Masterpiece show Downton Abbey. Not only does it outline the lives of the Crawley family during the first World War, but also gives us a peek at the lives of the real aristocracy of England. Family life, style, life in service, romance and war are a few of the topics covered in Jessica Fellowes book.

I greatly enjoyed reading and learning more about British culture. It helps me to understand the characters in the show better, as well as characters in the books I read. There is a lot of history to be found in period dramas and I do love learning about it. I was happy to learn that the show has a historical advisor Alastair Bruce (known as The Oracle) that does not hide in the shadows. He makes certain that everything is proper and accurate. Any Downton enthusiast would enjoy this book, but it is also a great read for learning more about the era.