Creating Paradise
Creating Paradise

Author: Richard Wilson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2000-12-01

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 0826439101

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Building or rebuilding their houses was one of the main concerns of the English nobility and gentry, some might say their greatest achievement. This is the first book to look at the building of country houses as a whole. Creating Paradise shows why owners embarked on building programmes, often following the Grand Tour or excursions around other houses in England; where they looked for architectural inspiration and assistance; and how the building was actually done. It deals not only with great houses, including Holkham and Castle Howard, but also the diversity of smaller ones such as Felbrigg and Dyrham, and shows the cost not only of building but of decorating and furnishing houses and of making their gardens. Creating Paradise is an important and original contribution to its subject and a highly readable account of the attitude of the English ruling class to its most important

UK Publishers Directory
UK Publishers Directory

Author: Ellen Rocco

Publisher: Gale Cengage

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13:

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Over 2500 UK book publishers, distributors and wholesalers are listed in this directory. Entries provide data such as: contact information, ownership, key personnel, discounting policies, imprints, publishing specializations and company descriptions.

The Archaeology of the Landscape Park
The Archaeology of the Landscape Park

Author: Tom Williamson

Publisher: BAR British Series

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13:

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This readable and substantial volume is comprised of two parts; detailed chapters covering the history, context and interpretation of the landscape park, and a gazetteer of all the parks examined. Each entry gives the name, refernce and principal soil types for the sites, with a summary of the history of their development.