English gentry Stories

1928, Oxfordshire The 17th of July: The Rolls Royce crunches its way over the gravel, as the manor house rises in front of me. New things are about to happen in the turbulence of youth. This spring, I celebrated my nineteenth birthday and I am excited about heading for a major step in my life. James, the butler, is already awaiting me to open the door with a bow, while servants rush by to take care of my overloaded luggag...

"It was during the 18th century that a new form of British male began to populate high society. The 'Rake' was the term used to describe the usually aristocratic type of gentlemen who were in lustful pursuit of a harder sort of pleasure to be gained at the expense of the gentler sex. These 'creatures' who were normally peers of the realm, noblemen, and other gentrified lords, had little respect for the law or traditional...