Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty by Catherine Bailey

Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty

Catherine Bailey

519 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography historical history emotional slow-paced

Description

House of privilege, riches and secrets...Wentworth is today a crumbling and forgotten palace in Yorkshire. Yet just a hundred years ago is was the ancestral pile of the Fitzwilliams - an aristocratic clan whose home and life were fuelled by coal m...

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informative 90%
sad 40%
reflective 20%
adventurous 10%
dark 10%
emotional 10%
mysterious 10%
relaxing 10%
tense 10%

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medium 9%
fast 9%

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