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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 [...] 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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