Downton Abbey: A Celebration: The Official Companion to All Six Seasons

by Jessica Fellowes, Julian Fellowes (Foreword by)

Overview

This essential companion to the acclaimed series offers an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at its unforgettable characters, opulent settings, and more.

When Downton Abbey first opened its doors, fans were immediately swept away by Julian Fellowes’s evocative world of romance, intrigue, drama, and tradition. As the show entered its sixth and final season, Jessica Fellowes delivered the ultimate series companion. In Downton Abby: A Celebration, she leads us through the house and estate, reliving the iconic moments of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants as they navigate the emerging modern age.

Travelling from Great Hall to servants’ hall, bedroom to boot room, we glimpse as we go Matthew and Isobel Crawley arriving for the first time, the death of Kemal Pamuk, Cora’s tragic miscarriage, Edith’s affair with Michael Gregson, Mary’s new haircut, Thomas and O’Brien’s scheming, Anna and Bates’s troubles with the law, and Carson’s marriage to Mrs. Hughes.

Alongside are in-depth interviews with the cast, as well as a complete episode guide for the first five seasons and a teaser for the sixth. Packed full of stunning location shots and stills from all six seasons of the show including exclusive behind-the-scenes photography, this celebratory book is essential reading for Downton Abbey fans the world over.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250091567
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/01/2024
Series:	The World of Downton Abbey
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	514
Sales rank:	282,647
File size:	161 MB
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About the Author

JESSICA FELLOWES is an author, journalist, and public speaker. Formerly a celebrity interviewer at the Mail on Sunday and deputy editor of Country Life magazine, she has written seven books as well as touring with her lectures on Downton Abbey from Cheltenham to California. She lives in Oxfordshire and London with her family.

JULIAN FELLOWES is the writer and creator of the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning TV series Downton Abbey. He is also the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Gosford Park and the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Snobs.

Editorial Reviews

"It's a posh soap opera but it's a pretty bloody splendid posh soap opera. . . .Television will be a dowdier place without it. " —The Guardian

"What is a Sunday night without the Crawley family? Golly gumdrops, Downton, we're going to miss you." —Allison Pearson

"Devotees dreading saying goodbye...can linger over this deep bow to Lady Mary, Lord Grantham, the Dowager Violet, Bates, Anna, Daisy. . . sob!" —USA Today on Downton Abbey - A Celebration

“Downton Abbey is a cultural phenomenon, [with] many and varied famous fans.” —The Daily Beast

“This series has a connoisseur's eye for the most exquisite emblems of privilege and breeding and a fan's gusto for intrigue and melodrama.” —The New York Times

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