{"product_id":"the-secret-rooms-a-true-story-of-a-haunted-castle-a-plotting-duchess-and-a-family-secret-9780143124733","title":"The Secret Rooms: A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, and a Family Secret","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eDownton Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, t\u003c\/b\u003ehis \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller is the enthralling true story of family secrets and aristocratic intrigue in the days before WWI\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter the Ninth Duke of Rutland, one of the wealthiest men in Britain, died alone in a cramped room in the servants' quarters of Belvoir Castle on April 21, 1940, his son and heir ordered the room, which contained the Rutland family archives, sealed. Sixty years later, Catherine Bailey became the first historian given access. What she discovered was a mystery: The Duke had painstakingly erased three periods of his life from all family records--but why? As Bailey uncovers the answers, she also provides an intimate portrait of the very top of British society in the turbulent days leading up to World War I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143124733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 6.65w x 1.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2013 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/05\/2014 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Catherine Bailey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916802756789,"sku":"9780143124733","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_afbd4205-a273-4c05-8e40-bbe25f8b20de.jpg?v=1687271224","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-secret-rooms-a-true-story-of-a-haunted-castle-a-plotting-duchess-and-a-family-secret-9780143124733","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}