The English Manor House by Jeremy Musson

The English Manor House by Jeremy Musson

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Summary

Jeremy Musson explains the networks of friendship and patronage that lay behind the creation and regeneration of many Manor Houses presenting a portrait of one of England's most enduring visual legacies to the world. He illustrates the text with 200 photographs taken between 1897 and 1939.

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The English Manor House by Jeremy Musson

The English manor house represents an architectural ideal which has been central to the vision of the magazine Country Life. For this book, Jeremy Musson has selected 200 rare photographs from the magazine''s picture archive.'
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.
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ISBN 13 9781854106193
ISBN 10 1854106198
Title The English Manor House
Author Jeremy Musson
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Quarto Publishing PLC
Year published 1999-05-21
Number of pages 192
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.