Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Frances Lincoln (4 Oct. 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0711233667 ISBN-13: 978-0711233669 Product Dimensions: 26 x 3.2 x 28.6 cm 无外皮
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The great houses of London represent one of the marvels of English architecture and yet they are almost entirely unknown. They are for the most part disguised behind sober facades but their riches within are astonishing.
There are many architectural wonders, among them Robert Adam’s 20 St James’s Square and William Burges’s Tower House. Several – including Bridgewater House with its Raphaels and Titians – have held great art collections.
These are houses that hold extraordinary stories: half the Cabinet resigned after breakfast at Stratford House; and on 4 August 1914, at 9 Carlton House Terrace, then the German Embassy, young duty clerk Harold Nicholson deftly substituted one declaration of war for another.
Great Houses of London opens the door to some of the greatest and grandest houses in the world to tell the stories of their owners and occupants, artists and architects, their restoration, adaptation and change.
Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Frances Lincoln (4 Oct. 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0711233667 ISBN-13: 978-0711233669 Product Dimensions: 26 x 3.2 x 28.6 cm 无外皮
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