The Power and the Glory Mothers Day turning risk into realistic action

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The book considers the role of self-hatred

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The Power and the Glory Mothers Day turning risk into realistic action'Glamour, scholarship and superlative storytelling [] an enthralling read.' LUCY WORSLEY Adrian Tinniswood opens the doors on the excess, intrigue and absurdities of life in the late Victorian and Edwardian country house In the decades before the First World War, the owners of the nations stately homes revelled in a golden age of glory and glamour. Nothing lay beyond their reach in a world where privilege and hedonism went hand in hand with duty and