Best Downton Abbey-esqe books to read

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fiction or nonfiction
1
Resten af dagen
af Kazuo Ishiguro
16,329 medlemmer
475 anmeldelser
4.2
4 Members
foggidawn, thorold, raidergirl3, souloftherose
2
Maisie Dobbs
af Jacqueline Winspear
4,812 medlemmer
271 anmeldelser
3.8
3 Members
foggidawn, lahochstetler, raidergirl3
3
Huset ved Riverton
af Kate Morton
5,426 medlemmer
249 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
raidergirl3, Bduke
4
The Shuttle
af Frances Hodgson Burnett
451 medlemmer
23 anmeldelser
4
Member
jillmwo
5
Something Fresh
af P. G. Wodehouse
1,565 medlemmer
50 anmeldelser
4
Member
thorold
Forklaringer
thorold: First of the novels set in Blandings Castle. More "downstairs" detail than the later books.
6
The Return of the Soldier
af Rebecca West
1,556 medlemmer
78 anmeldelser
3.9
Member
jillmwo
7
Elizabeth and her German Garden
af Elizabeth von Arnim
1,098 medlemmer
55 anmeldelser
3.8
Member
souloftherose
8
Orkideens hemmelighed
af Lucinda Riley
831 medlemmer
45 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Member
Bduke
9
Death at Bishop's Keep
af Robin Paige
667 medlemmer
18 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
Member
lahochstetler
10
Falling Angels
af Tracy Chevalier
3,599 medlemmer
83 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
Member
raidergirl3
11
De gode år
af Elizabeth Jane Howard
1,249 medlemmer
54 anmeldelser
4
Member
souloftherose
12
Loving
af Henry Green
718 medlemmer
18 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
Member
thorold
Forklaringer
thorold: Upstairs/downstairs on an estate in Ireland during WWII, almost entirely from the PoV of the servants
13
The Forbidden Zone
af Mary Borden
80 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
4
Member
jillmwo
14
The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy
af David Cannadine
466 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
4
Member
thorold
Forklaringer
thorold: Non-fiction: academic account of how the aristocracy adapted in the 19th and 20th centuries, esp. the period covered by Downton. Lots of good material on servants and houses and American heiresses.
15
Gensyn med Brideshead : kaptajn Charles Ryders åndelige og verdslige erindringer
af Evelyn Waugh
12,562 medlemmer
265 anmeldelser
4
Member
raidergirl3
16
Love Among the Ruins
af Angela Thirkell
164 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
4
Member
thorold
Forklaringer
thorold: impoverished aristocrats at the end of WWII
17
The Cater Street Hangman
af Anne Perry
1,781 medlemmer
67 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Member
lahochstetler,