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Englands thousand best houses
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Englands thousand best houses
'This wonderful book will be in everyone's car pocket for decades ... It makes me want to take a year off ... and plunge off into what Jenkins has memorably described as "the theatre of our shared memory" Adam Nicolson, EVENING STANDARD
England's houses are a treasure trove of riches and a unique, living record of the nation's history. Simon Jenkins's lavishly illustrated guide selects the finest homes throughout the land, from Cornwell to Cumbria, in a glorious celebration of English life.
. Ranges from famous stately homes to humble cottages
. Organized county-by-county for easy use
. Features a star ratings system for each house
. Highlights the very best 100 of all the properties in the country
'A heritage enthusiast's Ode to Joy ...Any passably cultured inhabitant of the British Isles should ask for, say, three or four copies of this book' Max Hastings, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'This is the perfect book to have beside your bed or on the back seat of your car ...Jenkins's zeal is infectious. He quite rightly sees England's greatest houses as collectively nothing less than a wonder of the world' Geordie Greig, LITERARY REVIEW 'A great book ... a feast, enlivened by the sort of tasty snippets that only a master journalist can produce' Hugh Massingberd, DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Should be regarded as an intelligent conversation with a friend. His judgement is sound - so sound that there is hardly an opinion with which one disagrees' John Martin Robinson, SPECTATOR WITH OVER 200 FULL-COLOUR JPHOTOGRAPHS BY QUINTIN WRIGHT OF 'THE TIME' AND THE NATIONAL TRUST ARCHIVES
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