![]() ![]() While traveling abroad, American heiress Cora Cash becomes the duchess of Wareham. The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin (March 27, 2012) ![]() The lady of the house, Beatrice, joins a group of radical women in the suffrage movement after a romantic relationship fails.ĭownton-esque Characters? Grace sounds like Gwen Dawson in reverse Beatrice is a combination of Lady Edith and Lady Sybil. Grace Campbell takes a job as a maid after she fails to find work as a secretary. Park Lane by Frances Osborne (June 12, 2012) Time Frame? 1913 (a year before World War I)ĭownton-esque Characters? Lady Octavia has a Cora vibe (her fortune keeps the estate going) the maid has tones of O’Brien. Lady Octavia Cavendish lives a privileged life inside of Rutherford Park in Britain’s countryside, but a web of secrets kept by a downstairs maid threatens to decimate this family’s legacy. Rutherford Park by Elizabeth Cooke (Unreleased July 2, 2013) You don’t have to! You can read these books instead. ![]() It’s like Downton Mad Libs, which is great if you are a fan who can’t wait until January for your season-four fix. American heiresses are saving English nobility, ladies of the house are falling in love with the help, and housemaids are discovering nasty secrets that could unravel the good name of the family. This just in: Downton Abbey is very popular - so popular, in fact, that there is a small Downton-inspired book industry churning out novel after novel of Grantham-esque beach reads. ![]()
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