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Creating Paradise (Hardcover)
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Creating Paradise (Hardcover)
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Building or rebuilding their houses was one of the main concerns of
the English nobility and gentry, some might say their greatest
achievement. This is the first book to look at the building of
country houses as a whole. Creating Paradise shows why owners
embarked on building programmes, often following the Grand Tour or
excursions around other houses in England; where they looked for
architectural inspiration and assistance; and how the building work
was actually done. It deals not only with great houses, including
Holkham and Castle Howard, but also the diversity of smaller ones,
such as Felbrigg and Dyrham, and shows the cost not only of
building but of decorating and furnishing houses and of making
their gardens. Creating Paradise is an important and original
contribution to its subject and a highly readable account of the
attitude of the English ruling class to its most important
possession.
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