Palaces, chateaux, country houses books

Far from the Western emphasis on trees, lawns and flower beds, the private gardens of China boasts artificial hills...  Read More >>

A guidebook to 200 mansions and estates located in the 50 states of America, which covers the histories of the owners,...  Read More >>

Featuring thirty estates and palaces, this book tells the fascinating stories behind these fabulous homes.  Read More >>

This volume traces the evolution in style of the fabulous homes that have been built on the island of Sicily, from...  Read More >>

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In his palace at Nineveh, ancient Assyrian King Sennacherib immortalized his 701 BC campaign against Jerusalem...  Read More >>

The Irish Chateaux looks back over centuries of migration between Ireland and France, beginning with the ‘flight...  Read More >>

Brilliantly written essays on the aesthetic principles and enduring motives of architecture.  Read More >>

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Looks at eight palaces, including the Palace of Madrid, the Palace of El Escorial, and Reales Alcazares de Seville,...  Read More >>

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Takes a tour around each one of the three presidential homes of Colombia, which represent three times in the country's...  Read More >>

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Edited volume, from the first Williams Symposium on Classical Architecture, explores well-appointed Roman country...  Read More >>

This text presents the architecture, interiors, gardens and grounds of both the most important sites - Chambord,...  Read More >>

Documenting Adolf Loos work at the Villa Muller in Prague, this paperback volume includes some added colour illustrations...  Read More >>

Qala'at al-Bahrain is a tell in Bahrain. Excavations in 1953-1978 have focused on the area around the city wall...  Read More >>

An illustrated treasury of the most magnificent Long Island mansions and a compendium of the architects who designed...  Read More >>

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