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Pembrokeshire: The Concise History : The Concise History (Concise Histories) [Illustrated] (Paperback)

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“A more than welcome addition to Catrin Steven’s series, ‘The Histories of Wales.’ Roger Turvey has produced a masterly account of the county with a passion equal to ours for our Island. Collectors of this series must purchase this volume as rapidly as possible.” Anglesey Antiquarian [...]

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Villas and Gardens in Early Modern Italy and France (Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism) (Hardcover)

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‘This is an outstanding publication that anyone interested in early modern history will want to add to his or her collection. The introduction alone insures the essential value of the book; no student of Italian or French gardens will want to do without Mirka Benes’s review of the [...]

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The Illustrated History of the Countryside (Hardcover)

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‘It would seem a mammoth task to trace the history of the British countryside, but one that the author achieves well. With more than 100 colour photographs, the book appears almost as a cross between a geography textbook and a glossy coffee-table book. Whatever it is, [...]

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Up and Down Stairs: The History of the Country House Servant (Paperback)

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 [...]

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The British Stable: An Architectural and Social History (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art) (Hardcover)

Manchester Evening News

‘…stunning photogrpahy…fascinating historical titbits’

The Victorian

‘This is a meticulously researched, finely written and superbly illustrated book…’

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