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T here is no doubt that Almina (5th Countess Carnarvon) could be frivolous and domineering, but she also transformed people's lives with her energetic desire to make others happy. For that, many of that loved her back with devotion. Almina's successor, Fiona, Countess Carnarvon writes a moving tribute to her and the late Victorian and Edwardian world of the real Downton Abbey, Highclere Castle, the family's ancestral seat. Viewing the successful Downton Abbey television series, and reading Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey, reveals how closely the series creator, Julian Fellowes, drew inspiration from Highclere and Almina's world for his engrossing narrative. 'I am also grateful,' writes the author 'that Julian Fellowes was inspired to write a series…based around Highclere Castle.. .So many people have come to love Highclere and be enthralled by its television alter ego.' Fiona Carnarvon, deftly tells the large, moving and historically insightful backstory, a very real story, that enhances Fellowes' fictitional saga, each compelling and supportive of the other. Rarely has television fiction been so thoroughly enhanced by an engrossing, real life story. H Lady Almina and The Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle Written by The Countess of Carnarvon Published by Broadway ISBN-10: 0770435629 HYLAND