Mistress: A History of Women and their Country Houses

An insightful, hugely engaging new history of elite women and the country house from the sixteenth to the twentieth century

Grand houses can be found across the countryside of England and Wales. From the Stuart and Georgian periods to the Edwardian and Victorian, these buildings were once home to the aristocratic families of the nation. But what was life like for the mistresses of these great houses? How much power and influence did they really have?

Anthony Fletcher and Ruth M. Larsen explor...