Foreword by Downton Abbey
creator Julian Fellowes
The Manor House
Stories
create a wonderful and detailed world in miniature full of truth and consequence, like all good stories should, giving us lessons about life but in the most charming way imaginable. No one can accuse the book of soft-soaping the realities of work in a great house; there is plenty of elbow grease required from all the animals and birds employed there, as I should know,
but you will find kindness in these pages too, and I suppose I believe that while fate may be challenging for everyone, there is often some kindness in the mix. In my experience
anyway. These lovely little tales contain comments and observations that will be very useful to young readers in the years to come, and they will be useful to older readers,
too, if I am anything to go by.
Jani with Lord and Lady Fellowes, Althorpe Literary Festival
