The Country House: Past, Present, Future - Great Houses of the British Isles (Hardcover)

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. For Anglophiles, royals watchers, and lovers of the country house lifestyle, architecture, and interior design, this is a magnificent new look at landmark British country houses, the treasures they contain, and how they speak to our fantasies of rustic splendour and escape today.

General

Imprint:	Rizzoli International Publications
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2018
Authors:	David Cannadine
Dimensions:	279 x 279 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	424
ISBN-13:	978-0-8478-6272-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Interior design Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Residential buildings, domestic buildings > Palaces, chateaux, country houses
LSN:	0-8478-6272-0
Barcode:	9780847862726

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