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The Power and the Glory review: ‘Jews who wished they were to the manor born’

JL;DR SUMMARY Adrian Tinniswood's "The Power and the Glory: The Country House Before the Great War" explores the extravagant lifestyle of British nobility before World War I, focusing on country houses and their eccentric owners. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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AristocracyWorld War IVictorian EraRothschildsJews In BritainAdrian TinniswoodBritish NobilityCountry HousesSassoons

Places mentioned

Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
"His first chapter, Power and Pride, had me crying with laughter as he introduces us to the architectural peccadilloes of the fifth Duke of Portland, owner of Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire."
Londons Cavendish Square, London, United Kingdom
"Duke No5 had become obsessed with privacy in the last two decades of his life, and had embarked on deranged building projects at Welbeck and his townhouse in Londons Cavendish Square."
Halton House, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
"He was not impressed, Tinniswood tells us, with Alfred de Rothschilds faux-French Renaissance Halton House."
Hall Barn, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
"There is a devastating description of two days of shooting game at Hall Barn in Buckinghamshire, the home of Lord Burnham."

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