Bob H’s Reviews > The Mistresses of Cliveden: Three Centuries of Scandal, Power and Intrigue in an English Stately Home > Status Update

Five mistresses of a stately English home over three tumultuous centuries -- and I mean "mistresses" both in terms of their building and enhancing Cliveden, and in their liaisons -- one of the few ways women could exert power. Book makes "Downton Abbey" look like "Keeping Up Appearances."