`Fellowes doesn`t try to hide his love of the funny, sealed, above-stairs world of dukes, duchesses, marquesses, nursery maids, herbaceous borders and breakfast kedgeree, all of which makes SNOBS such a good, fresh read` DAILY TELEGRAPH Edith Lavery is a woman on the make. The attractive only child of a middle-class accountant, she leaves behind her dull job in a Chelsea estate agents and manages to bag one of the most eligible bachelors of the day - Charles Broughton, heir to the Marquess of Uckfield. But is life amongst the upper echelons of `good` society all that it seems? Edith soon discovers there`s much more to the aristocracy than dancing in Anabel`s, shooting small birds and understanding which fork to use at dinner. And then there is Charles`s mother, the indomitable Lady Uckfield, or `Googie` to her friends, who is none too pleased with her son`s choice of breeding partner. With twists and turns aplenty, this is a comical tale worthy of a contemporary Jane Austen.