The Country House at War: 1914-18

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The country house symbolized Edwardian life, with its expensive elegance and sharp social contrasts. Millions of workers depended on the country house for their livelihoods. Yet when the shadow of war fell, the long, tea-on-the-lawn summer came to an abrupt end. The country house that emerged in 1919 was a much changed place. This is its story.