Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
"Written by the current (8th) Countess of Carnarvon, about the 5th who married into the house (aka Downton Abbey) in 1898. Almina was the illegitimate but loved and spoiled daughter of Alfred Rothschild, and came to the house with endless supplies of money for parties and renovations. She was a humanitarian, and turned the house into a state of the art hospital during WWI and personally paid for the best doctors and care for all the patients. Her husband was the co-discoverer and complete funder of the search for King Tut, and she joined him on most of his trips to Egypt, throwing lavish parties there. Many details from the show were lifted from her life and the house. A great read for an Downton fans."
