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A like new copy of the British softcover first edition, first printing. The covers are clean, bright, and unmarked, with a tight, unbroken spine. Pages are crisp throughout. First paperback printing of Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle, by the Countess of Carnarvon, first published in hardcover by Hodder & Stoughton in 2011, with this paperback edition following in 2012. The Countess draws on the extensive Carnarvon family archive to tell the true story of Almina Wombwell, who married the 5th Earl of Carnarvon in 1895, bringing with her a considerable dowry as the daughter of banking tycoon Alfred de Rothschild. Printed and bound in Great Britain.