Creating Paradise: The Building of the English Country House, 1660-1880.(Book Review)

Journal of Social History | September 22, 2003| | Copyright

By Richard Wilson and Alan Mackley (London and New York: Hambledon and London, 2000. xix plus 428pp. 25 [pounds sterling]).

One lure to visit Britain is the country house. While massive Chatsworth and Blenheim are among the most publicized Wilson and Mackley are fairly dismissive of both. The authors play a larger field without showing any particular preference for large or small, palatial or plain houses. While grand Castle Howard in Yorkshire and Holkham Hall in Norfolk are clearly among their favorites, they are no less absorbed with the likes of Haveringland Hall ...

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