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Title: The Devonshires
Author: Roy Hattersley
Narrator: Michael Jayston
Format: Unabridged
Length: 21 hrs and 43 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-09-13
Publisher: Random House Audiobooks
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: History, European
Publisher's Summary:
The story of the Cavendish family and the first eight Dukes of Devonshire is the story of England.
From 1381 - when Sir John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England, was killed during the Peasants Revolt - to 1906, when the Duke of Devonshires resignation brought down the Tory government: the familys fortunes (and misfortunes) mirrored the life of the nation. The Devonshires is also the story of the huge support networks of servants and labour needed to sustain the supremacy of a family whose accumulated wealth, from the dissolution of the monasteries to the coming of the railways, saw them found ship ports, holiday resorts, scientific laboratories, stud farms and some of the most significant buildings in the land.
For this new history, Hattersley has been given unique access to the archives, based at Chatsworth, the family seat. The Devonshires is as rich and ravishing a read as Hattersleys best-selling The Edwardians. Whereas previous books on the Devonshires have dealt with one or two key figures, Hattersley gathers the dynasty in one place: an astonishing accumulation of scientists, soldiers, patrons, politicians, house builders, racehorse breeders, philanderers, and powerful women.
The huge personalities in the Devonshire story, and the vibrant details that Hatterley uncovers, make for a lively and illuminating path in to the political, social, and cultural changes that England has endured and enjoyed. Brilliantly researched, this is delicious popular history at its very best.
