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Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? When were the two "dirty centuries?" Why did gas lighting cause Victorian ladies to faint? Why, for centuries, did rich people fear fruit? In her brilliantly and creatively researched book, Lucy Worsley takes us through the bedroom, bathroom, living room, and kitchen. She covers the history of each room and explores what people actually did in bed,...
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A Georgian or Regency house conjures up a distinct and much admired image. Elegance, refinement and beautiful proportions have made this period an inspiration for later architects and a popular choice for today's house buyer. Whether it is the grand, symmetrical facades embellished with classical motifs or elegant terrace arranged around spacious communal gardens, this easy to understand guide looks behind the distinctive public face of houses dating...
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"In these extraordinary accounts of some of England's finest houses you will discover romantic castles surrounded by medieval moats, manor houses inhabited by the same families for generations; you'll stumble across the breath-taking backdrops for films and television dramas, and have your gaze diverted by ancient stained glass windows, majestic plasterwork, elegant staircases, and the kind of lived-in decorations that represent real-life comfort....
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This is the first book to fully explore the development of the Arts and Crafts movement in the Lake District. The Arts and Crafts flourished distinctively in the Lake District, as architects, craftsmen and builders responded to the outstandingly beautiful landscape, to the region's strong sense of tradition and local identity and to the writings of Wordsworth and Ruskin. For a short but intense period, from 1898 to 1910, this rural region became the...
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Take a spectacular tour of four of Britain's most beautiful stately homes with this gorgeous DVD and book presentation: Highclere Castle, Hampton Court Palace, Althorp, and Chatsworth. And in Secrets of the Manor House, discover the realities of 'upstairs-downstairs' life and what it was like behind the 'green baize door.' Be transported back in time to the sumptuous world of Britain's greatest treasure houses!
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"Inspirational interiors from city apartments to country manor houses"--
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