На литературном фестивале в Челтенхеме Джуллиан Феллоуз признался, что случай с Памуком основан на истории , которую его друг обнаружил в дневнике
своей двоюродной бабушки.
It was a the erotic storyline which enticed Downton Abbey viewers in the first series.
Racy Turkish diplomat Kemal Pamuk blackmailed a servant into leading him into Lady Mary's bed where he died in the night.
In a frantic bid to avoid scandal Lady Mary is forced to carry his corpse back to his room after enlisting the help of the countess.
And now Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has revealed the storyline was all true.
Fellowes said the story came from a friend of his wife's who owned a great house.
Speaking at the The Times Cheltenham Literary Festival he said his friend had discovered the family secret after glancing through his great aunt's diary.
He told The Times: 'In the diary was this account of a diplomat. They had a passage that was only for single women. One of them had smuggled this diplomat up to her room and he died,
'He said she was at her wits' end and woke up the matron.'
He added the matron woke up everyone in the corridor and they carried the dead diplomat back into his own room without waking anybody.
Fellowes told The Times: 'And as I heard it, I thought one day this will come in handy.'
His friend then looked in his great-grandfather's diary and saw a very different account of the 'great tragedy' of the passing of the diplomat.
Fellowes told The Times he will enver reveal the identity of the diplomat or the house because he was so grateful to his friend for passing on the secret.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2047714/R...
своей двоюродной бабушки.
It was a the erotic storyline which enticed Downton Abbey viewers in the first series.
Racy Turkish diplomat Kemal Pamuk blackmailed a servant into leading him into Lady Mary's bed where he died in the night.
In a frantic bid to avoid scandal Lady Mary is forced to carry his corpse back to his room after enlisting the help of the countess.
And now Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has revealed the storyline was all true.
Fellowes said the story came from a friend of his wife's who owned a great house.
Speaking at the The Times Cheltenham Literary Festival he said his friend had discovered the family secret after glancing through his great aunt's diary.
He told The Times: 'In the diary was this account of a diplomat. They had a passage that was only for single women. One of them had smuggled this diplomat up to her room and he died,
'He said she was at her wits' end and woke up the matron.'
He added the matron woke up everyone in the corridor and they carried the dead diplomat back into his own room without waking anybody.
Fellowes told The Times: 'And as I heard it, I thought one day this will come in handy.'
His friend then looked in his great-grandfather's diary and saw a very different account of the 'great tragedy' of the passing of the diplomat.
Fellowes told The Times he will enver reveal the identity of the diplomat or the house because he was so grateful to his friend for passing on the secret.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2047714/R...