Palaces, chateaux, country houses books

Proposes that the Capella Palatina in Palermo preserves an ensemble of architecture and the arts of the period,...  Read More >>

A magnificent treasure house for a study in decoration, no other extant Roman monument has such rich examples of...  Read More >>

The Palaces and Parks of Richmond & Kew  Read More >>

Weaving together the biographies of the Scottish architect Charles Cameron and Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia,...  Read More >>

This work guides the reader through the extraordinary patchwork of the palaces of Prague and in the process explores...  Read More >>

A study of Flowerdew Hundred, a 1000-acre plantation in Virginia. It uses the artifacts unearthed since excavations...  Read More >>

Nicolai Rubinsteins's command of the complexities of Florentine political history has resulted in this study of...  Read More >>

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A history of Warwickshire country houses  Read More >>

The Lindbergh family farm along the banks of the Mississippi River near Little Falls, Minnesota, was given as a...  Read More >>

Drawing on a broad range of primary sources, Klingensmith investigates the intricacies of Bavarian court practice...  Read More >>

First published in 1978, this is a history of the English country house from the point of view of its owners and...  Read More >>

These papers range widely across the world of the Anglo-Normans and their neighbours, from the Scottish borders...  Read More >>

"Caroline Dakers tells the story of Clouds, a country house completed in 1886 and described as ""the house of the...  Read More >>

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The four houses whose collections form the subject of this book were all built as suburban villas in the first half...  Read More >>

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Describes building styles found in Key West, the southernmost of the Florida keys, and identifies the Spanish, Victorian,...  Read More >>

This study attempts to balance the achievements of Vanbrugh's dual career as an architect and dramatist, and to...  Read More >>

A beautifully produced visitor's guide to Buckingham Palace  Read More >>

A description of the history, architecture and customs of some 25 famous royal palaces in Burma, Thailand, Cambodia,...  Read More >>

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