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Fellowes doesn t try to hide his love of the funny, sealed, above-stairs world of dukes, duchesses, marquesses, nursery maids, herbaceous borders and breakfast kedgeree, all of which makes SNOBS such a a good, fresh read DAILY TELEGRAPH Edith Lavery is a woman on the make. The attractive only child of a middle-class accountant, she leaves behind her dull job in a Chelsea estate agents and manages to bag one of the most eligible bachelors of the day – Charles Broughton, heir to the Marquess of Uckfield. But is life amongst the upper echelons of good society all that it seems? Edith soon discovers there s much more to the aristocracy than dancing in Anabel s, shooting small birds and understanding which fork to use at dinner. And then there is Charles s mother, the indomitable Lady Uckfield, or Googie to her friends, who is none too pleased with her son s choice of breeding partner. With twists and turns aplenty, this is a comical tale worthy of a contemporary Jane Austen.