If you watched and loved Downton Abbey, then this is the book for you! Read the real life stories of three elite country house women, Lady Mary Isham, Lady Harriet Leveson-Gower, first Countess Granville, and Lady Elizabeth Manners, 5th Duchess of Rutland, all of whom led remarkable lives within the English Country House. These are incredible women who worked to build and remodel their vast estates, reigned supreme over national and international society, and withstood immense tragedy. They are the real women who have inspired generations of fiction surrounding life in England's stately homes.