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Plantation Homes of Louisiana and the Natchez Area

3 reviews
David King Gleason

Louisiana State University Press, 1983

Lovely Louisiana
This book just takes your breath away. The houses are so beautiful and the photographs so vivid. Louisiana is perhaps the most blessed with homes from the old south and this book does them such a great service. It's nothing short of amazing that so many of them have survived, it's a testement to the quality of the builders, mostly slaves, the cypress wood used so often and benign neglect. ...

Life in the English Country House: A Social and Architectural History

4 reviews
Mark Girouard

Yale University Press, 1994

This will become a fixture on your nightstand
Mark Girouard, an architectural historian, has traced the roles of form and function in England's Great Houses in this densely illustrated, sensitively written book. Floor-plans, innumerable photographs and drawings (many of homes now destroyed), and portraits pepper the text, which is readability itself. The book follows a chronological path from the Mediaval Household to the present day. ...

The Royal Palaces of Tudor England: Architecture and Court Life, 1460-1547 (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in ...

3 reviews
Simon Thurley

Paul Mellon Centre BA, 1993

A Must For Tudor Buffs
I grew up in England and have visited many historical buildings from the Tudor period. If you are fascinated by the Tudor dynasty, especially Henry VIII, and the buildings and living conditions of the Tudor monarchs, this book will satisfy your thirst for knowledge. I thought that I had a fairly good knowledge about the Tudor period until I bought this book. Simon Thurley is an expert in this ...

Chateaux of the Loire Valley

4 reviews
Robert Polidori, Jean-Marie Perouse de Montclos

h. f. ullmann, 2008

Spectacular photography! Superior quality book!
We own this beautiful book. It is filled with high quality photographs, portraying the true beauty of the Lorie Valley. We are purchasing one more copy as a gift for a dear friend who traveled with us to Chenonceaux, and Chambord. Our personal photo's did not do justice to the true beauty of these castles. This book will be on our coffee table, to remind us of the breathtaking experience ...

Country Houses of the Cotswolds
Nicholas Mander

Aurum Press Ltd, 2008

The Cotswolds, the ridge of limestone hills that runs for fifty milers, from Chipping Campden in the north to Bath in the south, are England's largest designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The region's lovely, unspoilt countryside, together with its unrivalled heritage of vernacular architecture, based on its versatile honey-coloured limestone, and the proximity of Bath, Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon make it England's most important ...

Saint Petersburg: Museums, Palaces, and Historic Collections: A Guide to the Lesser Known Treasures of St. ...

4 reviews
Cathy Giangrande

Bunker Hill Publishing, 2003

An outstanding guidebook to St. Petersburg
I began reading Cathy Giandrande's little guide to St. Petersburg with a great deal of skepticism. As I kept exploring the book, all my doubts quickly disappeared. That alone came to me as a surprise. Unlike most Russians who still suffer from a mild identity disorder, Petersburgers have a strong sense of local patriotism and know what they are and what their city is about. From time to time, ...

The English Manor House: From the Archives of Country Life

3 reviews
Jeremy Musson

Aurum Press, 2008

From the archives...
"From the archives of Country Life" almost says it all. Jeremy Musson does a wonderful job of applying fresh commentary to these outstanding photographs of some of England's most beautiful manor architecture. This book and others "from the archives..." are required reading and study for anyone wanting to understand the development of the romantic picturesque archtiectural essays of late 19th ...

The Splendor of France: Great Chateaux, Mansions, and Country Houses

4 reviews
Laure Murat

Rizzoli International Publications, 2004

The Splendor of France
This book is an absolute treasure to anyone who loves French architecture and decoration. It contains spledid photographs of French Chateaux inside and out. While expensive it is worth every cent and then some. A Must!

The Complete Bordeaux: The Wines*The Chateaux*The People (Mitchell Beazley Wine Library)

2 reviews
Stephen Brook

MITCH, 2007

AN EXCEPTIONAL VOLUME
The Complete Bordeaux: The Wines*The Chateaux*The People (Mitchell Beazley Wine Library) Whilst Stephen Brook is not the best known author in the world of fine wine, his recent book is certainly likely to put him irrevocably on the best seller list in this field. Whether read by the novice or professional, the reader cannot help but be informed as never before on the fascination of wine as it ...

Bordeaux Chateaux: A History of the Grands Crus Classes 1855-2005
Franck Ferrand

Flammarion, 2004

A historical tour of the most prestigious chateaux in the world's most popular wine-making region, Bordeaux Style brings the reader into the intimate interiors and tasting rooms of the chateaux. From gleaming black-and-white floor tiles to the graceful shadows cast by stone arches, from luxurious residences to musky wine cellars, these stunning photographs offer a taste of the rich culture behind these grand wines. In collaboration with ...

The Regency Country House: From the Archives of Country Life

3 reviews
John Martin Robinson

Aurum Press, 2005

LATE GEORGIAN LUX
Regency Architecture is so elegant and these houses just exude class. George IV, the regent, was a debauched libertine, but the man had taste and it is shown in his fabulous Brighton Pavilion. This really was a golden age in British Country House design, these huge estates are tasteful and much like Louis XIV is to Louis XV, Regency is to George III, it's a bit less extravagant, but still regal ...

The Villas of Palladio

5 reviews
Giovanni Giaconi, Kim Williams

Princeton Architectural Press, 2003

The best drawings of Palladio's Villas
Finally a beautiful book about Palladio's architecture that deals only with drawings and not photographs. I find this book extremely interesting and absolutely beautifully produced. The format, the paper and the quality of the reproductions give the reader a beautiful chance to enjoy and admire the linear proportions and symmetry of Palladio's architecture. More interesting is the fact that ...

Mount Vernon

1 review
Wendell Garrett

Monacelli, 1998

An American Home
George Washington's Mount Vernon is not only an American landmark but a landmark of what America is, a warm, welcoming and gracious home. This beautiful book takes you through a four season walk of Mount Vernons spectacular grounds and a detailed and historical tour of the homes interior. With the easy interesting writing and the spectacular color photography all guided by the expert hand of ...

Waddesdon Manor: The Heritage of a Rothschild House

3 reviews
Michael Hall

Harry N. Abrams, 2002

An incredible tour through culture, time, & architecture
Waddesdon Manor: The Heritage Of A Rothschild House is a gorgeous coffee table book, filled cover to cover with fabulous full-color photographs depicting an extraordinary house in the English countryside near London and its 125-year history. Showcasing romantic gardens, a superb private wine cellar, a wondrous aviary and much, much more, Waddesdon Manor is an incredible tour through culture, ...

The Country Houses of John Vanbrugh: From the Archives of Country Life (Country Life)
Jeremy Musson

Aurum Press, 2009

The country houses designed by Sir John Vanbrugh (1664?1726) are some of the most original and memorable works of architecture from the Restoration period. Dubbed ?The Shakespeare of Architects? by Sir John Soane, Vanbrugh designed the Castle Howard and Blenheim Palace?two of the great iconic houses of their age?as well as a number of astounding country estates such as Seaton Delaval Hall and Grimsthorpe Castle. Vanbrugh?s life was perhaps even ...

Kensington Palace: The Official Illustrated History

1 review
Edward Impey

Merrell, 2003

Informative as a history book not a guide or Royal tell all
An extremely nice paperback history book about Kensington Palace. You get the history of the place from it's beginnings (there's been something built on the site for about a 1000 years) but mostly covering the period from the 17th century onwards through today. There are a lot of photographs of various sections of the building complex, some more than 100 years old,both inside and out as well as ...

Michelin the Green Guide Chateaux of the Loire (Michelin Green Guide: Chateaux of the Loire English Edition)

2 reviews

Michelin Travel Publications, 2008

Great Guide to the Chateaux
The reviews of the chateaux and the Loire valley are very, very good. The descriptions and photos provide a very nice, concise description. There are suggested day trips and, at least the day trip I took, worked well. But I was a bit disappointed that this guide has little information regarding restaurants and other attractions in the Loire valley. I know, I know ... the title says that it ...

Living in the Countryside: Vivre a la Campagne
Barbara Stoeltie, Rene Stoeltie

Taschen, 2005

We have tirelessly travelled through the country-sides of Sweden, Ireland, England, Holland, France, Greece, Tuscany, Majorca, and Greece in search of the best examples of rural homes which reflect the tradition and culture of their inhabitants. Many inspirational TASCHEN books have been born from these excursions, but this one is the first to combine examples from all of the different countries we have explored. In 400 pages of luxurious ...

Katsura: Imperial Villa

3 reviews
Arata Isozaki

Phaidon Press, 2005

Excellent photographs, details, text, and drawings
I have been to Katsura several times, and have several books on Katsura villa, and this new book is the best. This is how architectural books should be produced and photographed so other architects and people interested in architecture can actually learn and use the book not only as a beautiful catalog but as a tool. The beautiful photographs are architecturally photograhed in 1 point ...

Katsura

1 review
Francesco Dal Co; Walter Gropius; Manfred Speidel

Phaidon Press Inc., 2007

Fascinating
Quite interesting book if you are fond about japanese architecture. Sensible, full of inspiration... Its pictures will make you travel to the place and time.

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