The Cardboard CrownIt is 1949, and Guy Langton's houselike his family's fortuneshas seen better days. The wealth and social standing that his grandparent's generation enjoyed is all but gone. Only ageing uncles and half remembered stories from childhood offer any insight into his family's rise and fall over three generations. But in his grandmother Alice's diaries he uncovers more than just a story of a dynasty in decline. He finds a tale of England and Australia, a