The Secret Rooms: A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, and a Family Secret

By Catherine Bailey

Book Overview

For fans of Downton Abbey , t his New York Times bestseller is the enthralling true story of family secrets and aristocratic intrigue in the days before WWI After the Ninth Duke of Rutland, one of the wealthiest men in Britain, died alone in a cramped room in the servants' quarters of Belvoir Castle on April 21, 1940, his son and heir ordered the room, which contained the Rutland family archives, sealed. Sixty years later, Catherine Bailey became the first historian given access. What she discovered was a mystery: The Duke had painstakingly erased three periods of his life from all family records--but why? As Bailey uncovers the answers, she also provides an intimate portrait of the very top of British society in the turbulent days leading up to World War I.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143124730
• ISBN13: 9780143124733
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.7" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Great story teller!

This is a great read if you like real life mysteries. She does a great job of diving into the family history and creating pictures within the readers mind.