The Country House: Past, Present, Future: Great Houses of The British Isles
author: Jeremy Musson (English, b.1965); author: David Cannadine (English, b.1950); publisher: Rizzoli (American, estab. 1974);
25 Sep 2018
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Description
"From The Crown to Downton Abbey, the country house speaks to our fantasies of rustic splendour, style, and escape. Featuring three hundred photos from the National Trust, this lavish book draws back the curtain on the finest and most important historic homes in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, revealing these great houses' intriguing pasts, grand interiors, and vi-brant reinventions for the enjoyment of modern-day visitors, residents, and armchair travellers. Locations include Knole, Cragside, Castle Howard, Chatsworth, Polesden Lacey, Petworth, Castle Bodiam, Blenheim, Longleat, and dozens more. Illuminating essays by country house expert Jeremy Musson, legendary British author and historian David Cannadine, and contributing writers and scholars provide unique insight into centuries of life in a historic home. This is a rich visual resource for lovers of sumptuous interiors on a human scale, as well as grand exterior architecture and gorgeous landscapes."--Provided by publisher.
Person and role
author: Jeremy Musson (English, b.1965)
author: David Cannadine (English, b.1950)
publisher: Rizzoli (American, estab. 1974)
author: David Cannadine (English, b.1950)
publisher: Rizzoli (American, estab. 1974)
Production place
Production date
25 Sep 2018
Call number
728.8 CANN
ISBN/ISSN
978-0-8478-6272-6
0847862720
0847862720
Credit Line
gift of Andrew Dixon, Melbourne
TJC reference number
5747
