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Life in the English Country House, A Social and Architectural History
by Mark Girouard
- ART & ARCHITECTURE
- 1994
- PAPER
- 432 PAGES
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A celebrated social and architectural history of life in English country houses, fully illustrated in black and white and color, first published in 1978. Girouard traces the history of these houses from medieval times to World War II. The Guardian said that Girouard has "no equal in describing social and political change in architectural terms." Based on the author's lectures at Oxford in 1975-76.
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