The Story of the Country House – A History of Places and People - Clive Aslet

The fascinating story of the evolution of the country house in Britain, from its Roman precursors to the present  “An eclectic scholarly account, tracing the evolution of the country house from the hunting lodges of the Middle Ages to the modern villas of today. . . . Mr. Aslet is an elegant writer with a wry sense of humor.”—Moira Hodgson, Wall Street Journal  “[Aslet] doesn’t just tell us who built what, and for whom, and in what style, but about the prevailing economic circumstances... Zobrazit více