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A visual visit to the magnificent rooms and gardens of Derbyshire’s Chatsworth House, one of England’s finest stately homes.
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Review …covering the architecture and interiors of 62 spectacular houses in a range of styles spanning seven centuries, from medieval Stokesay Castle to the newly built, Lutyesn-inspired Corfe Farm. –Country Life, 2009Country Life’s unparalleled archive of beautifully photographed, mainly English, country houses comes into its own… The book’s strength [...] Country houses were reliant on an intricate hierarchy of servants, each of whom provided an essential skill. Up and Down Stairs brings to life this hierarchy and shows how large numbers of people lived together under strict segregation and how sometimes this segregation was broken, as with the famous marriage of a squire to [...] The English country house reached its apotheosis in the nineteenth century. Designed by the most eminent architects of the age, the houses were bigger, more elaborate and more lavishly furnished than ever before, becoming a byword throughout the world for luxury, technological innovation and convenience of plan. Michael Hall’s new survey draws on the [...] The delightful, gossipy diaries of James Lees-Milne describe his encounters with the owners of country houses from eccentric lords and oil millionaires to raffish socialists as he travelled over England saving properties for the National Trust. Here are sharply observed accounts of dinner with Vita Sackville-West at Sissinghurst; Winston Churchills bedroom at [...] |
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