Heirs and Graces: A History of the Modern British Aristocracy

The inside story of the British aristocracy since the Second World War, surveying dukes, duchesses, earls and others to show us who they are, what they like to be known as, how to pronounce titles, what their families built, the houses and estates they own, up to their present influence and its limits. Packed with fights between branches of families, fights with the government and fights to define aristocracy’s purpose, this is a highly readable, detailed book on the idiosyncrasies of British life.