Boughton House - The English Versailles

Summary

Boughton House in Northamptonshire is a house of contrasts. Involvement with the law and politics at the highest level generated the wealth of its founders and builders, but enlightened artistic patronage and a strong aesthetic sense have been characteristic of many generations of the Dukes of Montagu and of Buccleuch since the 17th century.

Foreword

Boughton House: The English Versailles, by Tessa Murdoch, looks at the magnificent Boughton House and its furnishings, the unique story of its architecture and its grounds, its founders and its builders.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Tessa Murdoch, Tessa Murdoch
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.1992
• EAN: 9780571163380
• ISBN: 978-0-571-16338-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 266 mm x 400 mm x 40 mm
• Weight: 2230 g
• Illustrations: 100 colour and 200 black and white illustrations
• Subjects: Travel > Illustrated books; England, Places & peoples: general & pictorial works, TRAVEL / Pictorials, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, Architecture: palaces, stately homes and mansions, Places and peoples: general and pictorial works, Architecture; Aristocracy; Houses