{"product_id":"the-power-and-the-glory-1","title":"The Power and the Glory","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGlamour, scholarship and superlative storytelling [...] an enthralling read.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003cbr\u003eLUCY WORSLEY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAdrian Tinniswood opens the doors on the excess, intrigue and absurdities of life in the late Victorian and Edwardian country house\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the decades before the First World War, the owners of the nation’s stately homes revelled in a golden age of glory and glamour. Nothing lay beyond their reach in a world where privilege and hedonism went hand-in-hand with duty and honour.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis was a time when the ancestral seats of ancient nobility stood side-by-side with the fabulous palaces of Jewish bankers and Indian princes, when dukes and duchesses mixed with aristocratic society hostesses who had learned to dance in the chorus line and self-made millionaires who had been raised in the slums of Manchester and Birmingham.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Power and the Glory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores the country house during this golden age, when Britain ruled over a quarter of the world’s population, when its stately homes were at their most opulent and when, for the privileged few, life in the country house was the best life of all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA wonderful book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003cbr\u003eJUDITH FLANDERS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eScintillating and brilliant, from a master of the subject.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003cbr\u003eGARETH RUSSELL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e**A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR**\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Adrian Tinniswood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67973188812860,"sku":"9781787334168","price":9395.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781787334168.jpg?v=1794476879","url":"https:\/\/libertybooks.com\/products\/the-power-and-the-glory-1","provider":"Liberty Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}