Binding: Hardcover
Description: Live the romance of the British countryside through this lavish tour of the seasons landscapes gardens and great houses that epitomize British country life as seen through the eyes of Country Life magazine. For 125 years Country Life has presented its readers with the finest insider's tour of everything quintessentially British. Now in one volume this spectacular collection of images offers the best of life in the British countryside from charming Cotswolds villages to panoramic views across the Yorkshire dales and Glastonbury for readers who will revel in tramping across the heather filled moors to see King Charles's favorite view in all England the white cliffs of Dover and the Dark Hedges of Northern Ireland. Discover on these pages the culture and seasonal activities of country life whether it be a gentleman farmer showing off his prize cattle fly fishing in the Scottish highlands swan upping on the Thames or cricket on the village green. Country Life is renowned for its unprecedented access to the magnificent castles and palaces as well as private estates and manor houses that dot the countryside from Dorset to the Scottish highlands revealing many to its fans for the first time. In this volume readers are treated to the loveliest and most important houses and gardens from the last century from Holkham Hall Chatsworth and Burghley to Munstead Wood Sissinghurst and Kelmscott. This book satisfies readers seemingly insatiable desire to capture in their own lives a small slice of the romance of English countryside living.
Title: Country Life 125 Years Of Countryside Living In Great Britain From The Archives Of Country Li Fe
Author(s): Green Kate
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Barcode: 9780847873159
Pages: 400 Pages, 300 Color Illustrations
Publication Date: 9/26/2023
Category: The Countryside, Country Life