![]() What gives the world she describes its special fascination is the combination of continuity and change as landed society tried to come to terms with the devastating impact of the First World War and maintain traditions while adapting to jazz, shorter skirts, “bright young things” and a more permissive attitude to sex. In this, her final book, she turns her attention to the lives of England’s upper classes after the First World War. The late Pamela Horn established herself as an authority on the social history of the country house long before it became the popular subject it is today, describing and analysing the lifestyles of the landed classes and the complex, equally hierarchical society of their servants. ![]() ![]() The world of the English country house between the wars is becoming increasingly familiar thanks to novels and films such as The Remains of the Day and Gosford Park, to say nothing of the television series Downton Abbey. ![]()
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