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The Secret Rooms
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In April 1940 the 9th Duke of Rutland, one of Britain's richest men, ended his days in the servants' quarters of his home, Belvoir Castle. It was the end of months of manic, secretive activity, and after his death his son ordered the rooms to be sealed.

About the Author

Catherine Bailey is the author of two bestselling works of twentieth-century history- Black Diamonds and The Secret Rooms. She lives in London.

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Gripping. Reads like the best kind of mystery story. It is a tale of mistresses and heirlooms, cowardice and connivance
*Sunday Times*

'Astonishing, jaw-dropping, superb. Horrifying, extraordinary
*Sunday Telegraph*

Extraordinary, edge-of-the-seat, enthralling. All the ingredients of a lurid horror. The plot is thick with destroyed documents, decadent aristocracy, betrayed honour and curses
*Metro*

Compelling. A remarkable piece of research which throws a bright shaft of light on powerful people, hypocrisy and the first world war
*Guardian, Books of the Year*

Wonderful . . . has everything: family intrigue and hatred, love and war, witches' curses, eccentricity, snobbery and a series of shocking secrets. No reader can finish it unmoved
*Sunday Express*

Teems with hypocrisy, deceit, parental manipulation and bullying. Bailey artfully shows how guilt, grief, pride and shame levied a heavy toll
*Literary Review*

An extraordinary detective operation
*John Julius Norwich*

Excellent, beautifully crafted, fascinating
*Red*

Excellent. A fine, suspenseful, atmospheric tale, a less melodramatic and more nuanced Downton Abbey
*Daily Express*

Bailey's fascinating book takes us to the heart of a family tragedy ... this is a horrifying story of love, despair, intrigue, snobbery and upper class eccentricity which reads like fiction but is amazingly - and shockingly - real
*Lancashire Evening Post*

The mysterious death of a Duke and a castle full of treacherous goings-on make The Secret Rooms a gripping read for fans of Downton Abbey. As thrilling as any fiction, Catherine Bailey uncovers the darkest depths of a family with plenty of skeletons in its closet
*Good Housekeeping*

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