Black diamonds, the downfall of an aristocratic dynasty and the fifty years that changed England
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- Biography
- Wentworth Woodhouse (England) -- History
- Social conflict
- Yorkshire (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- History
- History
- Fitzwilliam family
- England + Yorkshire
- Electronic books
- Wentworth Woodhouse (England)
- 1900 - 1999
- Social history
- Social conflict -- England -- Yorkshire -- History -- 20th century
- Coal mines and mining + Social aspects
- Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- Yorkshire -- Biography
- Aristocracy (Social class)
- Coal mines and mining + Social aspects -- England -- Yorkshire -- History -- 20th century
- Yorkshire (England) -- Biography
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Black diamonds, the downfall of an aristocratic dynasty and the fifty years that changed England
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Black diamonds
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Oclc number
893079434
Sub title
the downfall of an aristocratic dynasty and the fifty years that changed England
Summary
From the New York Times Fans of Downton Abbey When the sixth Earl Fitzwilliam died in 1902, he left behind the second largest estate in twentieth-century England, valued at more than 3 billion of today's money--a lifeline to the tens of thousands of people who worked either in the family's coal mines or on their expansive estate. The earl also left behind four sons, and the family line seemed assured. But was it? As Bailey retraces the Fitzwilliam family history, she uncovers a legacy riddled with bitter feuds, scandals (including Peter Fitzwilliam's ill-fated affair with American heiress Kick Kennedy), and civil unrest as the conflict between the coal industry and its miners came to a head. Once again, Bailey has written an irresistible and brilliant narrative history
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