The SUNDAY TIMES bestselling novel from the award-winning creator of DOWNTON ABBEY and Oscar-winning writer of GOSFORD PARK.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.