The Shooting PartyThe Shooting Party
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Book, 1980
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Current format, Book, 1980, ed, No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsIt is 1913 - just prior to England's entry into World War I - and Edwardian England is about to vanish into history. A group of men and women gather at Sir Randolph Nettleby's estate for a shooting party. Opulent, adulterous, moving through the rituals of eating and slaughter, they are obtuse and decorative finale of an era.
<b>'Threads of romance, social comment, country lore and intrigue both above and below stairs are cunningly worked together to create a brilliant tapestry' <i>Sunday Telegraph</i></b><br><br>It is 1913 - a breath away from the Great War - and Edwardian England is about to vanish into history. An assorted group of men and women gather at Sir Randolph Nettleby's estate for a shooting party. Opulent, adulterous, moving assuredly through the rituals of eating and slaughter, they are an era's dazzlingly obtuse and brilliantly decorative finale.<br><br>A quiet, elegant meditation on class frustration and the transience of human concern, <i>The Shooting Party</i> is also the inspiration behind one of the great landmarks of popular culture - <i>Downtown Abbey</i>.
<b>'Threads of romance, social comment, country lore and intrigue both above and below stairs are cunningly worked together to create a brilliant tapestry' <i>Sunday Telegraph</i></b><br><br>It is 1913 - a breath away from the Great War - and Edwardian England is about to vanish into history. An assorted group of men and women gather at Sir Randolph Nettleby's estate for a shooting party. Opulent, adulterous, moving assuredly through the rituals of eating and slaughter, they are an era's dazzlingly obtuse and brilliantly decorative finale.<br><br>A quiet, elegant meditation on class frustration and the transience of human concern, <i>The Shooting Party</i> is also the inspiration behind one of the great landmarks of popular culture - <i>Downtown Abbey</i>.
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