The Story of the Country House: A History of Places and People

Clive Aslet

Published by Yale University Press 2021

The Story of the Country House

A History of Places and People

Clive Aslet

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300263138

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The fascinating story of the evolution of the country house in Britain, from its Roman precursors to the present

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Aslet Clive :

Clive Aslet is a writer, commentator, historian, editor, and academic. He has written around twenty books on architecture and history and was editor of Country Life magazine from 1993 to 2006.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Prologue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
1 · Medieval Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2 · Tudor and Elizabethan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
3 · Early Stuart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
4 · Commonwealth to Queen Anne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
5 · Early Georgian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
6 · Mid-Georgian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
7 · Regency to William IV Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
8 · Early and High Victorian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
9 · Turn of the Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
10 · Between the Wars Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
11 · Post-War: Recovery and Boom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
12 · Now Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
Further Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235

Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages
- Main content: 256

eBook

Published: September 8, 2021
ISBN: 9780300263138