{"product_id":"the-new-countess-9781250049339","title":"The New Countess","description":"\u003cp\u003eEngland, 1905. Lord Robert and Lady Isobel Dilberne, as well as their entire regal estate, with its hundred rooms, are busy planning for a lavish visit from King Edward VII and his mistress just a few months away. Preparations are elaborate and exhaustive: the menus and fashions must be just so. But even amidst the excitement, not everyone is happy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLady Rosina--now widowed and wealthy-- insists on publishing a scandalous book despite her mother's objections. Arthur Dilberne and Chicago Heiress Minnie O'Brien's two young sons--the eldest of whom is heir to the estate--are being reared to Lady Isobel's tastes, not Minnie's. After making a shocking discovery, Minnie will take drastic measures for the sake of her children. And when fate deals a hand in the middle of the royal shooting party, the entire Dilberne estate will face upheaval once again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Countess\u003c\/i\u003e is the final novel in Fay Weldon's outstanding trilogy that began with \u003ci\u003eHabits of the House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLong Live the King\u003c\/i\u003e. As the bestselling novelist and award-winning writer for the pilot episode of the original \u003ci\u003eUpstairs Downstairs\u003c\/i\u003e, Weldon magnificently lifts the curtain on early twentieth-century British society, upstairs and downstairs, under one stately roof.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFAY WELDON is a novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who, at the age of 16, lived in a grand London townhouse as the daughter of the housekeeper. In addition to winning a Writers' Guild Award for the pilot of Upstairs Downstairs, she is a Commander of the British Empire whose books include \u003ci\u003ePraxis\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction; \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of the Country\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Los Angeles Times Fiction Prize; \u003ci\u003eWorst Fears\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award; and \u003ci\u003eWicked Women, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the PEN\/Macmillan Silver Pen Award. She lives in England\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50462201872658,"sku":"9781250049339","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d03932e6-f285-4853-9cd5-acd7cc32f710.jpg?v=1730085118","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-new-countess-9781250049339","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}