"Before The Sunset Fades" 1951 The Marchioness Of Bath [recalled by]

The Marchioness of Bath

[31] pp.

Longleat Estate

1951

8" x 5 1/4"

w/ 17 drawings by Cecil Beaton

It focuses on life at Longleat House, particularly between 1880 and 1914, before the social tapestry was irrevocably changed by World War I.

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"The purpose of this book is to recall the days of elegance at Longleat, before the sunset fades, before the moths of war and depression devour the last remaining shreds of a domestic tapestry which can never be replaced.

A phase of social history which has now disappeared in this country is the backstairs life of a large country house. At its zenith between 1880 and 1914, it never returned to its full splendour after the first World War."

Written by the Marchioness of Bath (Daphne Fielding)