To Edward Bujak's credit, he has managed to find an original and illuminating dimension to the history of the aristocracy and the war: the impact on estate life as revealed through the pages on Country Life ... this book makes an excellent contribution to the historiography of the English landed classes and war, and it deserves to be read by academics and a much wider audience.

English Historical Review

There is ambition, verve and clear intent in this book ... often thought-provoking, will stimulate discussion and is valuable for its vigorous synoptic survey of the plight of great estates in a long attritional war.

Journal of British Studies

[E]ntertaining and well-written ... Bujak's sources ... provide important hints about how landowners themselves were anxious to present their experience of war.

Journal of Modern History

Edward Bujak has written a lucid and informative book showing how the aristocracy adjusted to the demands of war without losing their sense of themselves as a landowning political elite.

John Beckett, Professor of English Regional History, University of Nottingham, UK

Bujak's richly sourced analysis of the English aristocracy reveals in striking new detail the lineaments of the crisis which beset the countryside's traditional elite during the Great War.

Matthew Cragoe, Professor of Modern British History and Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Lincoln, UK

This is a most engaging book. Written in a lively but always erudite style, it provides an original dimension to the impact of the Great War on the English landed classes and opens up avenues for future exploration, especially in relation to comparative studies.

Journal of British Studies