The British Country House in the Eighteenth Century

Christopher Christie
The British Country House in the Eighteenth Century

This work explores the British country house between 1700-1830 and looks at the lives of the noblemen and the servants who inhabited them. Reference is made to the whole of the British Isles and there is a discussion of their political significance.


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Publisher Manchester University Press
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ISBN 9780719047251
Pages 374 pages
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