Book of Donmon Teith

Based on the author's Slade lectures given at Oxford University in 1975-76.

This magnificent book describes the great country houses built with American industrial fortunes from the end of the Civil War until 1940. The American Country

Cedar Grove, The Cliffs, Grumblethorpe, Mount Airy, Bartram's House and Garden: Accommodation of the Vernacular

From an acclaimed social and architectural historian, the tumultuous, scandalous, glitzy, and glamorous history of English country houses and high society durin

Forget glossy period dramas, here is the real story of Britain's super-rich from the First World War to the end of the 'roaring' twenties.