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Life in the English Country House : A Social and Architectural History
Life in the English Country House A Social and Architectural History Author:Mark Girouard Although English country houses are more visited and written about than they ever have been before, most people know comparatively little about how they operated or what was expected of them when they were first built. Even the most knowledgeable country-house enthusiasts tend to think in terms of architects, craftsmen or family history, but to ... more »know surprisingly little about how families used the houses which architects and craftsmen built for them.
This enthralling and informative book tells with wit, scholarship and lucidity how the country house evolved to meet the needs and reflect the social attitudes of the times.
Mark Girouard is one of Britain's leading architectural historians.« less