I have to say I found this book disappointing. Nice things are, it's got some interesting photographs, and the writing isn't at all bad. But on the negative side, there are several tiny errors of fact (Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales was married in 1863, not 1864, for example). The book ends very abruptly, with no coverage of shooting parties post-WWI, although the author mentions they did go on in a limited way. I would have liked to know about the post-war entertaining/shooting parties; who entertained and who couldn't any more. It's not exactly a bad book but it's not a keeper, either. I'm glad I managed to request it from my library rather than purchase/use credit on obtaining it.

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