Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

It is possible, however, that I may have something better before very many minutes are over, for this is one of my clients, or I am much mistaken." He had risen from his chair and was standing between the parted blinds, gazing down into the dull, neutral-tinted London street.

Looking over his shoulder, I saw that on the pavement opposite there stood a large woman with a heavy fur boa round her neck and a large curling red feather in a broad-brimmed hat, which was tilted in a coquettish Duchess of Devonshire fashion over her ear.

From under this great panoply she peered up in a nervous, hesitating fashion at our windows, while her body oscillated backward and forward and her fingers fidgeted with her glove buttons.

Suddenly, with a plunge as of the swimmer who leaves the bank, she hurried across the road and we heard the sharp clang of the bell.

The house sits amidst deer parks and water cascades that echo 18th century landscaping ideals.

The most famous resident was Georgiana Cavendish, who used her position to engage voters during the early parliamentary reforms.

She famously kissed people on the lips when campaigning, quite a contrast to modern politicking, but it shows how personal touch mattered in that period.

Lastly, we can't forget Coventry Cathedral, rebuilt after World War I's devastation.

But she was also very interested in what became what we call fashionable society.

And she befriended a lady called the Duchess of Devonshire, who I think was quite well known.

Yes, she was quite the social whirlwind.

Let's just say that.

He had risen from his chair and was standing between the parted blinds, gazing down into the dull, neutral-tinted London street.

Looking over his shoulder, I saw that on the pavement opposite there stood a large woman with a heavy fur boa round her neck, and a large curling red feather in a broad-brimmed hat, which was tilted in a coquettish Duchess of Devonshire fashion over her ear.

From under this great panoply she peered up in a nervous, hesitating fashion at our windows, while her body oscillated backward and forward and her fingers fidgeted with her glove buttons.

Suddenly, with a plunge as of the swimmer who leaves the bank, she hurried across the road and we heard the sharp clang of the bell.

And it's a place to connect because the whole book is really about making connections.

The connections, I try to show all these connections over the course of, well, my, my, my working lifetime that they all came together in the farm, you know, all these friends and, you know, Nancy Lancaster in England and The Duchess of Devonshire was marvelous.

And all these people who have influenced me and how they connected and then played a role in some way in the creation of the farm.

And it's chronicled in the book, as you

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Well, who I am

Peter up

You roll it out as though you're announcing me at court