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Now that you’re watching Downton Abbey….

Tonya Head
Central Library Manager

I love history, so I have been riveted by the BBC series, Downton Abbey.  As many of you probably know, it takes place during the Edwardian period in England right before and during World War I.  It’s interesting to see how the characters face the change that England goes through as it enters into one of the deadliest wars the world has ever experienced.  It truly changed the world! 

While we’ve all been inundated by books about the Second World War over the last number of years, I realized that I knew virtually nothing about World War I.   So, as I waited for the second season this summer, I read a few great books about the war.  If you are interested in history, and love Downton Abbey, you may find them worthwhile.

 

A world undone : the story of the Great War, 1914-1918
by Meyer, G. J.

Length: xxxi, 670 p. :

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Publisher: Delacorte Press, New York : 2006.
by Meyer, G. J.

Length: xxxi, 670 p. :

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Publisher: Delacorte Press, New York : 2006.
All quiet on the Western Front
by Remarque, Erich Maria

Length: 295 p. ;

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Publisher: Fawcett Crest, New York : 1982.
by Remarque, Erich Maria

Length: 295 p. ;

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Publisher: Fawcett Crest, New York : 1982.
Europe's last summer : who started the Great War in 1914?
by Fromkin, David.

Length: xi, 349 p., [16] p. of plates :

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Publisher: Knopf : New York : 2004.
by Fromkin, David.

Length: xi, 349 p., [16] p. of plates :

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Publisher: Knopf : New York : 2004.
Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey : the lost legacy of Highclere Castle
by Carnarvon, Fiona

Length: x, 310 p. :

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Publisher: Broadway Paperbacks, New York : c2011.
by Carnarvon, Fiona

Length: x, 310 p. :

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Publisher: Broadway Paperbacks, New York : c2011.
Paris 1919 : six months that changed the world
by MacMillan, Margaret

Length: xxxi, 570 p. :

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Publisher: Random House, New York : c2002.
by MacMillan, Margaret

Length: xxxi, 570 p. :

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Publisher: Random House, New York : c2002.
Regeneration
by Barker, Pat

Length: 251 p. ;

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Publisher: Dutton, New York, N.Y. : 1992.
by Barker, Pat

Length: 251 p. ;

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Publisher: Dutton, New York, N.Y. : 1992.
The eye in the door
by Barker, Pat

Length: 280 p. ;

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Publisher: Dutton, New York : 1994.
by Barker, Pat

Length: 280 p. ;

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Publisher: Dutton, New York : 1994.
The First World War
by Keegan, John

Length: xvi, 475 p., [16] p. of plates :

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Publisher: A. Knopf, New York : 1998.
by Keegan, John

Length: xvi, 475 p., [16] p. of plates :

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Publisher: A. Knopf, New York : 1998.
The ghost road
by Barker, Pat

Length: 277 p. ;

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Publisher: Plume/Penguin Books, New York : 1996, c1995.
by Barker, Pat

Length: 277 p. ;

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Publisher: Plume/Penguin Books, New York : 1996, c1995.
The Great War and modern memory
by Fussell, Paul

Length: x, 363 p. :

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Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York : 1975.
by Fussell, Paul

Length: x, 363 p. :

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Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York : 1975.
To end all wars : a story of loyalty and rebellion, 1914-1918
by Hochschild, Adam.

Length: xx, 448 p. :

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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston : 2011.
by Hochschild, Adam.

Length: xx, 448 p. :

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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston : 2011.