Champagne and Shambles: The Arkwrights and the Downfall of the Landed Aristocracy.(Brief article)(Book review)

From: Contemporary Review | Date: June 22, 2007 | Copyright information

Champagne and Shambles: The Arkwrights and the Downfall of the Landed Aristocracy. Catherine Beale. Sutton Publishing. [pounds sterling]20.00. xv + 302 pages. ISBN 0-7509-4392-0. This is the intriguing story of the great agricultural decline of the late Victorian era and with it, the decline of the wealthy, landowning families, told through the travails of the Arkwrights of Hampton Court in Herefordshire. Long before death duties took their tolls, the way of life led by the Arkwrig...

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