An elegy for a lost world

This love story set during WWII is a story of a lost world, pre-war England and a beautiful country house. Nineteen-year old Elise grows up in Vienna to a cultured and wealthy family. As the Nazi's gain power her family sends her to England to be a maid at a country manor. She struggles with her change in status and the sheer amount of work required of a servant at that time. As war comes to England the old ways of doing things change as well as her life. Romantic and touching, if you like Downton Abby you will love this novel, The House at Tyneford by Natasha Solomons. ML