During the late 19th century, British aristocrats – powerful, titled landowners – faced what might today be called a cash-flow crisis. Their tenants were abandoning rural life and moving to industrialised areas, while strong competition from foreign agriculture was beginning to bite. As a result, the income generated by the aristocracy’s vast land-holdings was falling sharply.
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Dame Agatha Christie, nicknamed the Queen of Crime, scarcely needs an introduction. More than 40 years after her death, the dazzlingly talented, Devon-born writer’s detective fiction is still being enjoyed all over the world. In excess of two billion copies of her books have been sold, making her the best-selling novelist ever.
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Peregrine Cavendish inherited his father’s title of nobility in 2004, becoming the 12th Duke of Devonshire and custodian of the 35,000-acre Chatsworth estate in Derbyshire.
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