Julian Fellowes's Belgravia

by Julian Fellowes

Overview

The New York Times bestselling novel about scandalous secrets and star-crossed lovers. Watch the new original series Belgravia only on EPIX.

On the evening of 15 June 1815, the great and the good of British society have gathered in Brussels at what is to become one of the most tragic parties in history - the Duchess of Richmond's ball. For this is the eve of the Battle of Waterloo, and many of the handsome young men attending the ball will find themselves, the very next day, on the battlefield.

For Sophia Trenchard, the young and beautiful daughter of Wellington's chief supplier, this night will change everything. But it is only twenty-five years later, when the upwardly mobile Trenchards move into the fashionable new area of Belgravia, that the true repercussions of that moment will be felt. For in this new world, where the aristocracy rub shoulders with the emerging nouveau riche, there are those who would prefer the secrets of the past to remain buried . . .


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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538760376
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	07/18/2017
Series:	Julian Fellowes's Belgravia
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	104,244
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.60(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Educated at Ampleforth and Magdalene College, Cambridge, Julian Fellowes is a multi-award-winning actor, writer, director and producer. As creator, sole writer, and executive producer of the hit television series DOWNTON ABBEY, Fellowes has won three Emmy awards.

Fellowes received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for GOSFORD PARK (2002). His work was also honored by the Writer's Guild of America, The New York Film Critics' Circle and the National Society of Film Critics for Best Screenplay. Other writing credits for film include PICCADILLY JIM (2004), VANITY FAIR (2004), YOUNG VICTORIA (2009), THE TOURIST (2010), ROMEO & JULIET (2013), and the upcoming three-part drama DOCTOR THORNE for ITV. Fellowes also directed the award-winning films SEPARATE LIES and FROM TIME TO TIME. Fellowes wrote the books for the Tony-nominated stage production of MARY POPPINS and SCHOOL OF ROCK - THE MUSICAL which opened on Broadway in December 2015, and is written and produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Fellowes has authored two novels: the international bestsellers SNOBS (2005) and PAST IMPERFECT (2008/2009).

Julian Fellowes became a life peer in 2010. He lives in Dorset and London with his wife, Emma.

Table of Contents

1 Dancing into Battle 1

2 A Chance Encounter 29

3 Family Ties 65

4 At Home in Belgrave Square 95

5 The Assignation 129

6 A Spy in Our Midst 159

7 A Man of Business 191

8 An Income for Life 231

9 The Past Is a Foreign Country 275

10 The Past Comes Back 315

11 Inheritance 359

Editorial Reviews

"The plot has plenty of surprises... The dialogue is crisp... and there are a number of wonderful set pieces."—New York Times Book Review

"Written with brio, the novel races along with all the page-turning suspense of a thriller...A glittering costume drama packed with authentic period detail, it's also a clever, involving read that brilliantly summons up a bygone world."—Woman & Home Magazine

"Scrumptious as a fresh-baked scone."—The Inquirer Daily News

"Entertaining."—The Christian Science Monitor

From the Publisher

02/01/2016
As Downton Abbey takes its final bows this spring, its creator is readying another juicy tale of the British classes, intriguingly in two formats: a page-turning novel to be released in July and a serialization launching in April that will arrive via app. The story opens in 1815, as events at the Duchess of Richmond's outsize ball change the fate of one family; most of the novel unfolds in the 1840s, when newly rich industrialists began mingling with the upper classes. Given the serialized structure, the plot will have the feel of the TV series, a form Fellowes seems rather to have mastered.

Library Journal

What a joy it is to hand the reins to the superb Juliet Stevenson and say, “Take my carriage to Belgravia in 1841.” The story is filled with the clattering of horses’ hooves, the swish of ladies’ fans and gowns, the shuffle of calling cards, and “the young queen,” Victoria, on the throne. Add illicit love, secret heirs, crumbling dynasties, the struggle of upstairs versus downstairs amid a changing society, and you have a deliciously fun novel by “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes. Originally presented as a serial audiobook, the story is expertly narrated by Stevenson, who paces it expertly in her highly listenable voice. Her delicious characterizations include some aggrieved and unctuous younger sons, a breathtakingly crisp countess, a good-hearted hero, a spirited heroine, shiver-inducing cardsharps, and oh so many more. A.C.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine

JUNE 2016 - AudioFile