Download or read book The Secret Rooms written by Catherine Bailey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Secret Rooms written by Catherine Bailey and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A castle filled with intrigue, a plotting duchess and a mysterious death in Catherine Bailey's The Secret Rooms. At 6 am on 21 April 1940 John the 9th Duke of Rutland, and one of Britain's wealthiest men, ended his days, virtually alone, lying on a makeshift bed in a dank cramped suite of rooms in the servants' quarters of his own home, Belvoir Castle, in Leicestershire. For weeks, as his health deteriorated, his family, his servants - even the King's doctor - pleaded with him to come out, but he refused. After his death, his son and heir, Charles, the 10th Duke of Rutland, ordered that the rooms be locked up and they remained untouched for sixty years. What lay behind this extraordinary set of circumstances? For the first time, in The Secret Rooms, Catherine Bailey unravels a complex and compelling tale of love, honour and betrayal, played out in the grand salons of Britain's stately homes at the turn of the twentieth century, and on the battlefields of the Western Front. At its core is a secret so dark that it consumed the life of the man who fought to his death to keep it hidden. This extraordinary mystery from the author of Black Diamonds, perfect for lovers of Downton Abbey, Brideshead Revisited and The Suspicions of Mr Whicher. Praise for The Secret Rooms: 'Reads like the best kind of mystery story. It is a tale of mistresses and heirlooms, cowardice and connivance, and a deeply dysfunctional family...gripping' Sunday Times 'Astonishing...jaw-dropping...It would spoil the book if I revealed the whole works, suffice it to say...what a family' Sunday Telegraph 'An extraordinary detective operation' John Julius Norwich
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Download or read book Samantha s Secret Room written by Lyn Cook and published by Richmond Hill, Ont.: Scholastic-Tab Publications. This book was released on 1973 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The search for a lost book and a secret room enlivens the summer of an eleven year old girl.
Download or read book Secrets of Churchill s War Rooms written by Jonathan Asbury and published by Imperial War Museums. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This magnificent new volume gives you exclusive access to the Churchill War Rooms, bringing you closer than ever before to where Churchill not only ran the war - but won it.
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Download or read book The Secret Rooms written by Catherine Bailey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
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Download or read book The Secret Room written by Hazel Townson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2006 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adam opens the door to a world where he faces terrible danger.
Download or read book Hidden Doors Secret Rooms written by Jamie Eubanks and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-03-11 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Superbly crafted and flawlessly executed, Eubanks doles out both plot and back-story in small doses, expertly keeping readers turning page after page." --Kirkus Reviews Jillian Braedon possesses a secret so explosive that she must be silenced. On the run with her five-year-old daughter, stranded in the middle of a blizzard and critically injured, Jill sends little Valerie off into the raging storm alone. The child stumbles onto the property of retired musician-turned-recluse, John Mills, begging for help. John soon finds himself caught up in their torment, and face-to-face with the pursuing covert agents, who will do anything to destroy the secret, and silence everyone involved.
Download or read book Roses of Arma written by Naisha Randhar and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-10-30 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the planet of Arma, in the queendoms of Calica and Timnock, two unlikely heroes, short in age but not in courage and tenacity, are declared in a prophecy to fight the evil clutches of Calypso, who is a powerful force of doom. They are swept into a whirlwind of danger to rescue the magic of the world, and in turn, Arma itself. Are they willing to make the necessary sacrifices, possibly even of their own lives, for the fate of the world? The prophecy exhorts them … Water and fire, united as one, trying to see the mission done. Only against the canine mother, will they see how much they need each other. Roses of Arma is the first book of the series – Heroes of Arma.
Download or read book Pampered Cute Princess written by Chu Qin and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After arriving in this unfamiliar place, his body had shrunk to the size of a nine-year-old child, and he had even been targeted by a monstrous king. Because of an agreement, she pitifully became the monarch's little wangfei! On the night of the wedding, the young wangfei raised her head to look at a certain prince and said, "We agreed that when I grow up, you will let me leave!" Ye Xiao smiled and nodded. His eyes were like an unfathomable abyss. One day when they were swimming in the lake, the little princess accidentally 'pushed' the Mo family's young miss into the lake. But when the prince saw her, he just swept his eyes across the lake and said, "Men, fish him out. If the princess ..."
Download or read book Der Werwolf The Annals of Veight Volume 6 written by Hyougetsu and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the death of the emperor, Veight's plans to have Eleora take the throne are thrown into disarray as the various factions begin to move. Everyone expects Crown Prince Ashley to become the next emperor, but then Lord Doneiks, second in line to the throne, is assassinated. Believing Ashley's faction responsible, the Doneiks house raises an army to crush him. Ashley fights back valiantly, but his troops are overwhelmed by the Doneiks army's superior morale. Who is truly in the right? And what will Veight do during these troubling times?
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