Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey : Will Cross Reviews Highclere's Version of the life Catherine Wendell
Lady Catherine, the Earl, & the Real Downton Abbey Fiona Carnarvon Published by Hodder & Stoughton ( 2013) A BOOK REVIEW BY WILLIAM CROSS, FSA SCOT Author of " CATHERINE AND TILLY : PORCHY CARNARVON'S TWO DUPED WIVES" The basis of this elegantly written sketch on the life and times of Catherine Wendell, ( 1900-1977), the Sixth Countess of Carnarvon - with a fleeting glance to Tilly Losch, the other Sixth Countess- is that it’s another Highclere spin off to cash-in on its television fame. Both women married Porchey- the Sixth Earl, who spent his life hunting, shooting and flirting. The Earl was a rascal who rode race horses and was an over active...