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A history of the most notable houses in England and Wales and the great families, seen as part of the houses they created, where their descendants, in many cases, still live today. Full of memorable characters and anecdotal insight, this book is a glorious tribute to what Evelyn Waugh called ’our ch...
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Laurence King Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: |
2014. c1994 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
A history of the most notable houses in England and Wales and the great families, seen as part of the houses they created, where their descendants, in many cases, still live today. Full of memorable characters and anecdotal insight, this book is a glorious tribute to what Evelyn Waugh called ’our chief national artistic achievement’. The original photographs show the unexpected as well as the familiar - the private rooms and the servants’ quarters as well as the grand exteriors. |
| Carrier Form: | 424 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-420) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781780674025 (hardback) : 1780674023 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | NA7620 |
| CLC: |
K956.1 TU-881.561 TU-095.61 |
| Call Number: | TU-095.61/M788 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Alnwick Castle -- Haddon Hall -- Powis Castle -- Penshurst Place -- Syon House -- Knole -- Compton Wynyates -- Grimsthrope Castle -- Wilton House -- Burghley House -- Burton Constable -- Longleat -- Hardwick Hall -- Blickling Hall -- Woburn Abbey -- Tredegar House -- Badminton House -- Ragley Hall -- Chatsworth -- Petworth House -- Boughton House -- Castle Howard -- Blenheim Palace -- Houghton Hall -- Holkham Hall -- Sledmere House -- Harewood House -- Kedleston Hall -- Belvoir Castle -- Highclere Castle -- Carlton Towers -- Waddesdon Manor. |