Sunday, March 2, 2014

Missing Downton Abbey? Keep Calm and Read On

Another season of Downton Abbey has come to an end, and we have to wait many months for it to come back to television (unless you watch the DVDs).  Fill this long void with books!  Here is a list of Downton Abbey read-alikes:

Longbourn by Jo Baker
Park Lane by Frances Osborne
Belle Cora by Phillip Margulies
The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Elizabeth the Queen: the life of a modern monarch by Sall Bedell Smith
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford
Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
The Golden Prince by Rebecca Dean
Speaking From Among the Bones by Alan Bradley
Shopping, Seduction & Mr. Selfridge by Lindy Woodhead
The Shadow Queen: a novel of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor by Rebecca Dean
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: the lost legacy of Highclere Castle by Fiona, Countess of Carnarvon
Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey by Fiona, Countess of Carnarvon
The Governess of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky
A Spider in the Cup by Barbara Cleverly
Princesses Behaving Badly: real stories from history without the fairy-tale endings by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie
Fashion in the Time of the Great Gatsby by LaLonnie Lehman
The Butler Speaks: a return to proper etiquette, stylish entertaining, and the art of good housekeeping by Charles MacPherson
The Dead by James Joyce
Not My Blood by Barbara Cleverly
Lady Susan by Jane Austen
Wake by Anna Hope
The Heir Apparent: a life of Edward VII, the playboy prince by Jane Ridley
A Star For Mrs. Blake by April Smith
The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry
A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
Troubles by J.G. Farrell

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