这本关于英国乡村别墅的最完整可靠的新书探讨了这些有历史意义的标志性住宅的生活方式、建筑风格和室内设计。

这本包含300张来自国民托管组织的照片为英格兰、威尔士、苏格兰和爱尔兰最精美和最重要的历史住宅拉开了帷幕，展示了这些重要住宅迷人的过去、宏伟的室内以及为了现代游客、居民和神游旅行者们所做的充满活力的改造。地点包括Knole, Cragside, Castle Howard, Chatsworth, Polesden Lacey, Petworth, Castle Bodiam, Blenheim, Longleat等等。

由乡村别墅专家Jeremy Musson、**的英国作家兼历史学家David Cannadine，以及撰稿的作者和学者们撰写的富有启发性的文章对有历史意义的住宅的几个世纪的生命提出了独特的见解。

This definitive new book on British country houses offers a magnificent look at the life-style, architecture, and interior design of these historic landmark homes.

From The Crown to Downton Abbey, the country house speaks to our fantasies of rustic splen-dor, style, and escape. Featuring three hundred photos from the National Trust, this lavish book draws back the curtain on the finest and most important historic homes in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, revealing these great houses' intriguing pasts, grand interiors, and vi-brant reinventions for the enjoyment of modern-day visitors, residents, and armchair travelers. Locations include Knole, Cragside, Castle Howard, Chatsworth, Polesden Lacey, Petworth, Castle Bodiam, Blenheim, Longleat, and dozens more.
Illuminating essays by country house expert Jeremy Musson, legendary British author and historian David Cannadine, and contributing writers and scholars provide unique insight into centuries of life in a historic home. This is a rich visual resource for lovers of sumptuous interiors on a human scale, as well as grand exterior architecture and gorgeous landscapes.
For Anglophiles, royals watchers, and lovers of the country house lifestyle, architecture, and interior design, this is a magnificent new look at landmark British country houses, the treasures they contain, and how they speak to our fantasies of rustic splendor and escape today.