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Great Houses of England and Wales Author: Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd

ISBN: 9781780672328 Format: Hardcover Number Of Pages: 424 Published: 2 September 2014 Country of Publication: GB Dimensions (cm): 30.48 x 25.4 x 2.54 Description: This classic panoramic history charts the evolution of the 'great house' through 32 of the most notable residences in England and Wales. It is also a history of great families, seen as part of the houses they created, where their descendants, in many cases, still live today. Original photographs show the unexpected as well as the familiar - the private rooms and the servants' quarters, the grand exteriors and state rooms, the gardens and noble landscapes. They include some of the most splendid examples of English art and architecture, from awe-inspiring medieval stone to the beauties of the English Renaissance, the classical grandeur of the 18th century and the excesses of the High Victorian taste; illustrating the work of Inigo Jones, John Vanbrugh, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Thomas Chippendale, William Kent, Robert Adam and Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. Full of memorable characters and anecdotal insight, this book is a glorious tribute to what Evelyn Waugh called 'our chief national artistic achievement'.

About the Author

Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd began writing about country houses and their owners in the...

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