In the world of the late-Victorian & Edwardian country house the mistress & her daughters had many social duties & responsibilities to carry out both in their home community & in London where they spent the Season & where the girls officially entered Society by being presented at Court Pamela Horn's book examines the lives of these ladies from their childhood & marriage to their role as a Lady Bountiful' It covers their leisure pursuits sporting activities country house weekends & much more besides up to the life-transforming years of the First World War