{"product_id":"2026200006726-secondhand-children-of-the-great-country-houses","title":"Children Of The Great Country Houses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Usual aging. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA richly detailed work of social history, Children of the Great Country Houses chronicles the lives of the children who grew up within the grand estates of England's aristocracy and landed gentry, painting a vivid portrait of a world defined by privilege, strict hierarchy, and emotional distance. Adeline Hartcup draws on diaries, letters, and memoirs to illuminate the often isolated and regimented childhoods endured behind the imposing walls of these magnificent homes, where nannies, governesses, and tutors held more daily influence than parents. The tone is both sympathetic and scholarly, presenting the nursery and schoolroom as microcosms of the broader social order that shaped generations of Britain's ruling class. Hartcup illustrates how the customs and expectations of country house life — from rigid mealtimes to the rituals of the Season — left lasting impressions on the children who lived through them, for better or worse. A compelling blend of intimate anecdote and broader historical analysis, this account offers an absorbing window into a vanished way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48810614161627,"sku":"2026200006726-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d3ea085f-0af2-476e-a17b-6cd3cd8e1bee.png?v=1779806000","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200006726-secondhand-children-of-the-great-country-houses","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}