The Country House: Past, Present, Future: Great Houses of the British Isles

ISBN-13: 9780847862726 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 432 str.

David Cannadine; Jeremy Musson;The Royal Oak Foundation

Opis

This definitive new book on British country houses offers a magnificent look at the life-style, architecture, and interior design of these historic landmark homes.

O autorze

David Cannadine is on the board of the Royal Oak Foundation (the American arm of the National Trust in Britain). The author of seventeen books, Cannadine has taught at Oxford, Cambridge, and Princeton. He is the president of the British Academy and editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and has served as chairman of the trustees of the National Portrait Gallery in London.

Jeremy Musson is a leading commentator and author on the British country house. He was architectural editor of Country Life from 1998 to 2007 and remains a regular contributor. Musson is the author of seventeen books including English Country House Interiors, Robert Adam, and The Drawing Room. A trustee of the Country Houses Foundation and the Stowe House Preservation Trust, he is also the co-writer and presenter of the BBC2's The Curious House.