AdelightfuljourneythroughtheglamorousstoryoftheEnglishcountryhousepartybythebestsellinghistorian.Croquet.Parlourgames.Cocktails.Welcometoagloriousjourneythroughthegoldenageofthecountryhousepartyandyouareinvited.Ourhost,celebratedhistorianAdrianTinniswood,tracestheevolutionofthisquintessentiallyBritishpastimefromdebauchedroyaltourstotheflamboyantexcessoftheBrightYoungThings.WithcameosbytheJazzAgeindustrialist,thebibulousearlandtheoff-dutypolitician-whetherinmoatedmanorhousesorornatePalladianvillas-Tinniswoodgivesavividinsightintoweekendingetiquetteandrevealsthehiddenlivesofcelebrityguests,fromNancyAstortoWinstonChurchill,inalltheirdrinking,feasting,gamblingandfornicating.Theresultisadeliciouslyentertaining,star-studded,yetsurprisinglymovingportraitofatimewhensocialconventionswerebeingradicallyoverhauledthroughtheescapismofagenerationhauntedbywar-andauniquelyfast-livingperiodofEnglishhistory.
