Bright Young Things

Product Description

Bright Young Things is a thoroughly entertaining non-fiction account of the real Downton Abbey which brings to life the historical backdrop of the series in an informative fun & engaging book. As one viewer told The New York Times: Im just enjoying the show so much I thought I needed to get a book about it. & I was watching [the historical scenes] & thinking I dont know enough about this. So maybe I can learn something in the process. So step into a time of hot jazz & even hotter all-night dance halls as Alison Maloney shares the gossip about life in the Roaring Twenties. Read all about it: high societys scandalous exploits fresh new fashions the Charleston dance craze costume parties talking movies & of course the feisty flapper. With chapters such as Makin Whoopee Cocktail Hour & Upstairs Downstairs Bright Young Things takes a sweeping look at the changing society of the Jazz Age as life below stairs vanished forever loose morals ran riot & new inventions made it seem anything was possible. Peppered with first-person accounts that convey the spirit of the era in the words of those who lived it Bright Young Things is a scintillating celebration of a truly iconic decade.