Help! Everyday Etiquette in the U.K.: Standard reference

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Later this year, I shall be moving from the USA, where I know all my ps and qs perfectly, to the UK, where manners and customs are very different in confusingly subtle ways.

I have my mother's Emily Post, from the 1940s; my Amy Vanderbilt, from the 1970s; and several volumes by Miss Manners, our contemporary etiquette diva; all on my book shelves. But I have been unable to find any parallel comprehensive etiquette guide for British etiquette.

I've got one slim Debrett volume, very general, but with no detail at all. I've used search engines a book search services, but haven't been able to turn up a title.

What I'm looking for is a British standard etiquette guide on the order of Amy Vanderbilt and Emily Post. (The "question and answer" format is not appropriate for my needs.)

Can anyone suggest an author, title or source? Thanks.

-- posted by leitwrtr