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Manor House
Uses the public television reality series "Manor House" to explore the history and social customs of an Edwardian country house.
Manor Houses of England
Most still privately owned, these manor houses are scattered all over England, & range from simple Norman halls to picturesque Tudor homes, many dating from the reign of the Stuarts.
The English Country House
Sixty-two stunning houses in a range of architectural styles spanning seven centuries are brought to life through glorious imagery from the photography library of Country Life magazine.
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The Manor House School
Angela Brazil was one of the first British writers of "modern" schoolgirl's stories, with over 50 books written in the first half of the 20th century. Her books were widely read in both Great Britain and America. Even though interest in the genre decreased after World War II, her books remained popular until the 1960s.
Life in the English Country House
Based on the author's Slade lectures given at Oxford University in 1975-76.
The Scottish Country House
At the heart of this stirring tale and visual delight is a group of ten extraordinary houses and castles that have survived the vicissitudes of Scotland's history with almost all of the original families who built them still in residence today. Their histories are peopled with strongwilled men and women--from the notorious General Tam Dalyell of the House of the Binns, who served not only the Stuart kings but the czar of Russia, to the first Duke of Queensberry, who built one of the most sensational castles in Britain, to a love match worthy of the "auld alliance" between the Earl of Stair and his French-born countess. Each house also represents a landmark in Scotland's architectural history...
The Fall and Rise of the Stately Home
Challenging the prevailing view of a modern English culture besotted with its history and aristocracy, Mandler portrays instead a continuously changing society where both intellectual and popular attitudes have only recently turned to admiration.
