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The castles & palaces of the Tudors & Stuarts : the golden age of Britain's historic & stately houses / Charls Phillips ; consultant, Richard G. Wislon.
LIBRA - Furness Storage NA7328 .P44 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phillips, Charles, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Castles--Great Britain.
- Castles.
- Castles--Ireland.
- Palaces--Great Britain.
- Palaces.
- Palaces--Ireland.
- Nobility--Dwellings--Great Britain.
- Nobility.
- Nobility--Dwellings--Ireland.
- Architecture, Domestic--Great Britain.
- Architecture, Domestic.
- Architecture, Domestic--Ireland.
- Nobility--Dwellings.
- Great Britain.
- Ireland.
- Penn Provenance:
- Wakeman, Rollin (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 96 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm
- Other Title:
- Castles and palaces of the Tudors and Stuarts
- Place of Publication:
- London : Southwater, ©2009.
- Summary:
- Divided into four chronological sections this book opens with the early Tudor palaces. The next section covers the so-called 'Prodigy Houses' of the Elizabethan era, which are followed by a selection of Jacobean palaces and stately homes. The final section explores the more modern buildings of the Restoration style.
- Contents:
- Early Tudor palaces and country houses, 1485-c.1550
- Prodigy houses: the age of Glorianna, c.1550-1600
- The Jacobean country house, c.1600-c.1650
- Restoration style, c.1660-c.1714.
- Notes:
- "Previously published as part of a larger volume, The complete illustrated guide to castles, palaces, & stately houses of Britain and Ireland."
- ISBN:
- 9781844767069
- 184476706X
- OCLC:
- 294879108
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