As I wrote my novel Love of the Summerfields, which is set in an English manor house--and after being a Downton Abbey fanatic since M...

 Nancy with parasol at Colosseum  We went to Europe this summer, and one of our stops was Italy.  I adore Europe and have vis...

Who was Ward McAllister? An article in "Vanity Fair" in 1889 asked this very question. It said he was the life of the party. He ...