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This magnificent book describes the great country houses built with American industrial fortunes from the end of the Civil War until 1940. The America...
The magnificent country houses built in Britain between 1890 and 1939 were the last monuments to a vanishing age. Many of these great mammoths of dome...
The fascinating story of the evolution of the country house in Britain, from its Roman precursors to the present "An eclectic scholarly account, traci...
Derry Moore's exclusive colour photographs and Clive Aslet's authoritative text provide a sumptuous architectural and historical appreciation of the U...
The Americans Who Revived the Country House in Britain
To a modern visitor nothing will seem more British than a classic country house like Cliveden or Leeds Castle. But the truth is actually very differen...
Those curious about the world of Greenwich, England, get a reader's tour of the streets and byways of this storied city and its rich history of pomp a...
The Five Hundred Places That Made Our History
'Landmarks of Britain' is the history of the nation, told through the places where it actually happened. Including notable locations such as Glasgow S...
The Five Hundred Villages that Made the Countryside
Britain's villages are world famous for their loveliness and idiosyncratic charm. Each village is different; travel across the country and you will un...
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Britain's Greatest Architect?
Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) was one of the great architects of the twentieth century. His Edwardian country houses, surrounded by rhapsodic gardens,...
The 2000-year Story of Greenwich
A gloriously illustrated history of a very English town, a site of royal courting and banishment, of scientific discovery and invention, of departure ...
A Diary of a Year in the Heart of England
Naseby is the site of the great battle that is supposed to have ended the English Civil War. It's also typical of a certain type of particularly Engli...
The Revival of Architecture
Leven en werk van de Britse architect John Quinlan Terry (1937- )....
The History of the Herbarium and Natural Specimens
A gorgeous leatherbound compendium of flora, shells, rare insects and more from the golden age of curiosities Featuring amazing reproductions of flora...
100 Places That Make Us Great
'Written with both charm and elegance, The Real Crown Jewels of England is a triumphant tribute to some of England's original treasures . . . lovingly...
A Social and Architectural History
The Story of One Village's Sacrifice from 1914 to 2003
Clive Aslet's War Memorial: The Story of One Village's Sacrifice from 1914 to 2003, is a powerful story of those who died in war. Who were the men and...
Community, Architecture and the American Ideal
Old Parkland is a rare if not unique place: an office "campus" in Dallas, Texas, designed to inspire workers through the art and ideas that infuse it....
'Open this book with reverence. It is a hymn to England - the old England, the England of beach huts and Constable skies.' Clive Aslet. This beautiful...
From the Archives of Country Life
he Arts and Crafts Country House is a fascinating and beautifully illustrated survey of some of Britain's most important houses. The Arts and Crafts M...
Classical Houses by John Simpson
New homes, featuring interiors, gardens, and furniture from London-based architect John Simpson, famed designer of the Queenโs Gallery at Buckingham...
The 500 Villages That Made the Countryside
Salonika, 1916: a city that is nominally neutral, but is teeming with French, British, and Serbian armies. A city seething with intrigue, where the na...
Commemorating the 1917 Corn Production ACT and 1947 Agriculture ACT
The Story of Stansted in Sussex
Your Countryside Needs You Now
A spotlight on the dramatic, destructive changes taking place in rural Britain....