This engaging and beautifully illustrated book take us back to the domestic world of the landed gentry in seventeenth-century England. Relating countless stories and ...
An investigation of life in the great household of late mediaeval England. Based on household accounts and related primary documents, it looks at the ...
An examination of the career and work of Humphrey Repton, landscape gardener of later Georgian England. It charts Repton's vision of England, how his ...
Plague, fire, imperial collapse, the Blitz, Thatcherism London rises triumphant, still one of the brokers of the global economy and still one of the ...
Ian Ritchie's distinctive architectural career, marked by experimentation, technological innovation and attention to ecological resources, is explored in this volume. After early years in ...
Few cities have a greater concentration of significant architecture than Oxford, England. This copiously illustrated, chronological guide emphasizes what actually can be seen. Author ...
Throughout the post-war period, there has been much activity in the conservation and renewal of old town centres throughout Europe. A considerable body of ...