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    FACT or FICTION

    Jun 12, 2020 4 minutes
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    The tale of Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh’s iconic novel about the English aristocracy, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, is one as old as time. Middle-class boy meets charming aristocrat, falls in love… to say any more would spoil it. But Brideshead is more than just a story about Charles Ryder. It is a story of a house, Brideshead Castle.

    Today, is best associated with one house: Castle Howard in North Yorkshire, home of the Howard family for over 300 years. Built by Sir John Vanbrugh, it took over a century to complete. In 1978 television production company Granada asked to film

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