Palaces, chateaux, country houses books

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The story of one of England's most beautiful houses and the literary family who made it famous  Read More >>

A ground-breaking collection of essays by leading and emerging...  Read More >>

A companion volume to Anthony Blunt's seminal A Guide to Baroque Rome: The Churches , this is a scholarly and eminently...  Read More >>

Discovered in 1811, Bignor is one of the richest and most impressive villas in Britain, its mosaics ranking among...  Read More >>

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Guides the reader on an intimate tour of the houses, this book recounts their histories and profiles the colourful...  Read More >>

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The Architecture of Late Assyrian Royal Palaces is the first volume to provide an in-depth analysis of Late Assyrian...  Read More >>

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Castletown House, Ireland's largest and earliest Palladian-style house, was built between 1722 and 1729 for William...  Read More >>

Assesses the economic and cultural links between country houses and the empire between the eighteenth and twentieth...  Read More >>

A unique photographic record of a year in the life of an English Country House Estate.  Read More >>

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This volume tells of the secret interrogation camp Wilton Park's history and the extraordinary life of Heinz Koeppler,...  Read More >>

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This book, published in 1911, and written by descendants of Jane Austen's brothers, covers the history of Chawton...  Read More >>

Shutting the door on the world outside and embarking on a journey through an historic house releases the magic of...  Read More >>

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Karl Friedrich Schinkel's most popular designs date from 1834 and 1838 and were his last major projects in which...  Read More >>

Helps you learn a bit about what works: how to make people feel at home, how to cook food they love, how to make...  Read More >>