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The Perfect Summer: England 1911, Just Before the Storm - Juliet Nicolson
Edwardian England is my favorite time period: before the upheaval and tragedy of the first WW, but with enough elements of modern life to make it imaginable. Nicolson does a lovely job of letting us in to the lives of a few Edwardian notables, writers, artists, politicians, and activists in that magical time out of [book:The Wind in the Willows|5659] when no one seemed to care what the children got up to, and when adults were trying out new ideas amidst fabulous wealth or squalor.
I'd expect Downton Abbey fans to be attracted, despite the hideous cover that looks faded and dull and has three tiny images.
Library copy.
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