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The Secret Rooms: A Castle Filled With Intrigue, A Plotting Duchess
And A Mysterious Death By Catherine Bailey (Paperback, ...
A castle filled with intrigue a plotting duchess and a mysterious death in Catherine Bailey's The Secret Rooms At 6 am on 21 April 1940 John the 9th Duke of Rutland and one of Britain's wealthiest men ended his days virtually alone lying on a makeshift bed in a dank cramped suite of rooms in the servants' quarters of his own home Belvoir Castle in LeicestershireFor weeks as his health deteriorated his family his servants - even the King's doctor - pleaded with him to come out but he refusedAfter his death his son and heir Charles the 10th Duke of Rutland ordered that the rooms be locked up and they remained untouched for sixty yearsWhat lay behind this extraordinary set of circumstances? For the first time in The Secret Rooms Catherine Bailey unravels a complex and compelling tale of love
honour and betrayal played out in the grand salons of Britain's stately homes at the turn of the twentieth century and on the battlefields of the Western Front At its core is a secret so dark that it consumed the life of the man who fought to his death to keep it hidden This extraordinary mystery from the author of Black Diamonds perfect for lovers of Downton Abbey Brideshead Revisited and The Suspicions of Mr WhicherPraise for The Secret Rooms'Reads like the best kind of mystery story It is a tale of mistresses and heirlooms cowardice and connivance and a deeply dysfunctional familygripping' Sunday Times'Astonishingjaw-droppingIt would spoil the book if I revealed the whole works suffice it to saywhat a family' Sunday Telegraph'An extraordinary detective operation' John Julius
NorwichCatherine Bailey is the author of Black Diamonds She read history at Oxford University and is a successful award-winning television producer and director making a range of critically acclaimed documentary films inspired by her interest in twentieth century history She lives in West London
honour and betrayal played out in the grand salons of Britain's stately homes at the turn of the twentieth century and on the battlefields of the Western Front At its core is a secret so dark that it consumed the life of the man who fought to his death to keep it hidden This extraordinary mystery from the author of Black Diamonds perfect for lovers of Downton Abbey Brideshead Revisited and The Suspicions of Mr WhicherPraise for The Secret Rooms'Reads like the best kind of mystery story It is a tale of mistresses and heirlooms cowardice and connivance and a deeply dysfunctional familygripping' Sunday Times'Astonishingjaw-droppingIt would spoil the book if I revealed the whole works suffice it to saywhat a family' Sunday Telegraph'An extraordinary detective operation' John Julius
NorwichCatherine Bailey is the author of Black Diamonds She read history at Oxford University and is a successful award-winning television producer and director making a range of critically acclaimed documentary films inspired by her interest in twentieth century history She lives in West London
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