The Country House Revealed: A Secret History of the British Ancestral Home
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (529 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1849902062 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"A favorite book to browse through when I want to relax" according to C Lynn P. Awesome book. I really enjoyed this one. Great narrative and fabulous pictures.. Great series on PBS J. Ott This was a gift for my sister. Our family name is Wentworth and when I saw this series on our local PBS I had to get this for her (the series was not shown in her area). Was looking for the DVD of the series, but (so far) it's only available in the UK. This was the next best thing for her to see Wentworth Woodhouse.. "Nice looking book" according to Marnie. More for architectural fans.
Along the way he has uncovered tales of excess and profligacy, tragedy, comedy, power, and ambition. Together they plot the psychological, economic, and social route map of the country’s ruling class in a rich new telling of this island story.. But their owners have opened their doors and allowed Dan Cruickshank to roam the corridors and rummage in the cellars as he teases out the story of each house—who built them, the generations who lived in them, and the families who lost them. Each one is built as a wave of economic development crests, or crumbles. Dan Cruickshank uncovers the secret history of six of Britain's greatest private country houses, each never-before seen on television, and none open to the publicSpanning the architectural history of the country house from the disarming Elizabethan charm of South Wraxall, the classical rigor of Kinross in Scotland, the majesty and ingenuity of Hawksmoor’s Easton Neston, the Palladian sweep of Wentworth Woodhouse with over 300 rooms and frontage of 600 feet, the imperial exuberance of Clandeboye, through to the ebullient vitality of Lutyens’ Marshcourt, the stories of these houses tell the
It is refreshing in its enthusiasm, and makes a fervent plea for families, wherever possible, to remain the true, continuing and discriminating protectors of our national inheritance." —Spectator. "Cruickshank's fascinating book is an eloquent advocate for history as encapsulated in these houses