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Afternoon Author: Jonathan Croft
Jonathan Croft will be discussing his book The Portsmouth Connection on Thursday 20th February at 3.30pm
Subtitled ‘Stories and Lives of Devon Villages and an Aristocratic Estate’, this new history reveals a tangle of connections between two Devon villages and a scandalous nineteenth-century lunacy trial, a countess with literary and activist ambitions, a great Devonshire estate, and the capricious fortunes of wealthy local families and benevolent earls. A curious set of circumstances circles back from Eveline, the Fifth Countess of Portsmouth, daughter of the Carnarvon family of Highclere Castle, to the Fellowes family and the much-loved TV and film hit Downton Abbey.
“Jonathan Crofts’ book is a treasure trove of connections brought to light through people’s lives and the places they live in.” – Julian Fellowes
Free Event, open to all – no registration necessary
