Hardwick Hall: A Great Old Castle of Romance
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Review “This ample, illustrated monograph has an elegiac quality, comprising a series of well-written essays by leading art historians on all aspects of a great building… a record of a unique national monument.”—John Martin Robinson, House & Garden (John Martin Robinson House & Garden 2017-02-01)“This new study, comprising 20 chapters and several appendices by leading scholars in their respective fields, gives credit to the huge amount of scholarship that the house has already attracted, yet here builds a narrative of further subtle character.”—Maurice Howard, Apollo (Maurice Howard Apollo 2017-02-01)“How welcome to have a major new assessment of architecture, furnishings and collection of this celebrated and vastly important house.”—John Goodall, Country Life (John Goodall Country Life 2017-02-22) Read more Book Description This is the definitive guide to the history of England’s Hardwick Hall, one of the National Trust’s most impressive and prized architectural sites. Read more About the Author David Adshead is chief curator and David Taylor is curator of paintings, both at the National Trust. Read more
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Beautiful book, fantastic scholarship!