The occasion of a ball on the theme of Empire is an opportunity to place Manderston in a wider context. Homes like Manderston were built on the spoils of Empire and the international markets it produced. Their owners were men who became so rich and so successful that they saw the world as their oyster and the British race as the finest in the world.
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