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Plantation Homes of the James River (Paperback, New edition)
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Plantation Homes of the James River (Paperback, New edition)
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Bruce Roberts takes us on a photographic tour of fourteen of the
famous colonial Virginia plantation houses nestled along the shores
of the Lower James River from Richmond east to Jamestown and
Williamsburg. Now carefully restored, often with the original
furnishings, these houses are glorious monuments to a bygone era.
If you have never visited the James River plantations, this book
will inspire you to plan a trip there. If you have, you will find
this book a wonderful memento of a special place. Robert's 141
color photographs capture the magnificent exteriors of the houses,
as well as their gardens and grounds, and offer rare and intimate
glimpses of their interiors and furnishings. The plantations
portrayed include Shirley Plantation, one of the oldest in America;
Belle Air Plantation, with its unique seventeenth-century frame
house containing America's finest Jacobean staircase; and Westover
Plantation, site of the elegant Georgian home built by William Byrd
II.
The text provides histories of the plantations, presenting them as
places where real people lived and worked -- and still do, in many
cases. While the plantations share some common history, each
reflects the individual characteristics of the men, women, and
children who lived there. In the dining room at Berkeley Hundred,
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and eight other presidents
enjoyed meals and discussed affairs of state. At Carter's Grove,
Roberts photographed the "Refusal Room," where, according to local
history, both Washington and Jefferson were refused in marriage by
Virginia belles.
Today many of the plantation homes have been designated state and
national historic sites, and with this book you can visit them and
relive four hundred years of history.
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