The country house at war

Podcast: HistoryExtra podcast · Immediate

Opublikowano: 2026-10-13

It might be assumed that the owners of Britain's country houses weren't hugely affected by the Second World War, and that they continued to live in luxury in their vast estates. However, as Judith S Lewis explains to Lauren Good, that wasn't the case. From the conscription of upper-class women to stories of great loss, she charts the roles that country houses and their occupants really played in the war effort. ----- PRESSURE LIVE PODCAST Join us next Thursday, 22 October, for a live episode of the HistoryExtra podcast exploring the history behind recent...