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Black Diamonds Catherine Bailey

Black Diamonds By Catherine Bailey

Black Diamonds by Catherine Bailey


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Summary

Wentworth is in Yorkshire and was surrounded by seventy collieries employing tens of thousands of men. It is England's forgotten palace and belonged to Britain's richest aristocrats. This book tells the story of its demise: family feuds, forbidden love, class war, and a tragic and violent death played their part.

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Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of a Great English Dynasty by Catherine Bailey

Wentworth is in Yorkshire and was surrounded by seventy collieries employing tens of thousands of men. It is the finest and largest Georgian house in Britain and belonged to the Fitzwilliam family. It is England's forgotten palace and belonged to Britain's richest aristocrats. "Black Diamonds" tells the story of its demise: family feuds, forbidden love, class war, and a tragic and violent death played their part. But coal, one of the most emotive issues in twentieth-century British politics, lies at its heart. This is the extraordinary story of how the fabric of English society shifted beyond recognition in fifty turbulent years in the twentieth century.

About Catherine Bailey

Catherine Bailey read History at Oxford University. She 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. This is her first book. She lives in West London.

Additional information

GOR001352482
9780670915422
0670915424
Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of a Great English Dynasty by Catherine Bailey
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Penguin Books Ltd
2007-03-01
544
Winner of Portico Prize for Literature: Non-fiction 2008
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