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The story of the estate at Boconnoc, situated near Lostwithiel in South-East Cornwall, is an extraordinary one. As this history demonstrates, members of the Cornish families who have owned the estate over many centuries, have played important roles within the immediate locality and in national events. Catherine Lorigan explores their eventful lives – or in many cases deaths: dragged over a cliff by greyhounds, slain in battle, executed for treason or killed in duels. She traces how the medieval fortified tower house evolved into a Georgian Mansion, discusses how the park and gardens have been transformed and examines the relationship of the estate with the agricultural and industrial landscape in which it is set. AUTHOR: Dr Catherine Lorigan has three history degrees: Medieval and Modern History; an MSt in English Local History; and a PhD in Cornish Studies. She has worked for Reuters, and for the last twenty years of her career, until she retired in 2013, at Oxford University in two Colleges and one Department. She has published books on Delabole slate quarry, and contributes articles to Cornish magazines such as Cornwall Today. SELLING POINTS: . The interesting history of the many Cornish families who have owned the estate over the centuries . Explores the transformation of the park and gardens, and their relationship with the surrounding landscape . Boconnoc was the childhood home of the William Pitt, Earl of Chatham and Prime Minister . The first study of its kind about an estate in Cornwall 20 b/w, 30 colour, 16 colour plates

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Catherine Lorigan has a BA (Hons) in Medieval and Modern History, an MSt in English Local History, a PhD in Cornish Studies, an MA in Music and a Diploma in Vernacular Architecture with distinction, Oxford University. She was awarded the overall Holyer an Gof award by the Cornish Gorsedd for my book, Delabole, in 2008. She was awarded the Henwood Medal by the Royal Institution of Cornwall, Truro, for the best article in their Journal, 2000-2002, ‘Thomas Rowlandson and the Delabole Slate Quarry.’ Her previous book for The History Press, Boconnoc: The History of a Cornish Estate, was published in 2017.

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