Edward Bujak

Readers with a taste for the Downton Abbey way of life can get their fix by subscribing to Country Life magazine. First published in 1897, this generously illustrated periodical features articles on the rural lifestyle of the British upper class, replete images of elaborate gardens, lavish house interiors, and the fascinating "finer things" associated with the landed society. Historian Edward Bujak (Harlaxton College) has drawn extensively on back issues of Country Life to reconstruct how the English aristocracy adapted to the demands of the Great War. Seven succinct chapters describe the services they provided the state during the war and the consequent changes to their lifestyle. We learn about the role of landowners in adapting English agriculture to the demands of the war, as well as the military service they and their employees performed.

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