Heirs and Graces : A History of the Modern British Aristocracy by Eleanor Doughty White River Crossing transports us

White River Crossing transports us back to the furthest edges of the eighteenth-century British empire where two radically different worlds—indigenous and European—collide with calamitous and deadly results

all hand-painted by award-winning illustrator David Dean

Warm Amber

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Heirs and Graces : A History of the Modern British Aristocracy by Eleanor Doughty White River Crossing transports usThere are fewer than 5000 people who can genuinely claim to be members of the British aristocracy, and yet they loom large in the popular consciousness. We're fascinated by their houses and estates, their lives and loves, their foibles and eccentricities. And we entertain the strong suspicion that, while they may be fellow citizens, they are very far from being People Like Us. In Heirs and Graces Eleanor Doughty draws on her unparalleled access to a