Britain's villages are world famous for their loveliness and idiosyncratic charm. Each village is different; travel across the country and you will unearth a joyous variety, from straggly Leintwardine
Reading like a history of Western civilization, this biography of a small British city begins in Roman times, when the town on the Thames housed a mysterious temple, and follows two thousand years of
Clive Aslet's War Memorial: The Story of One Village's Sacrifice from 1914 to 2003, is a powerful story of those who died in war. Who were the men and women whose names are commemorated on war memoria
'Clive Aslet has been an extraordinarily informed and influential standard-bearer for the cause of the countryside and Britain's heritage for many years' Max HastingsOn 15 April 2019, Paris's beloved
A detailed survey of 25 major houses from the Arts and Crafts movement reveals the enduring legacy of an architectural idealDrawing upon the unique Country Life archive, this is a fascinating, detaile
'I am an Empress ... and am sometimes called Empress of India. Why have I never officially assumed this title? I feel I ought to do so and wish to have preliminary enquiries made.'Five years after dis
The magnificent country houses built in Britain between 1890 and 1939 were the last monuments to a vanishing age. Many of these great mammoths of domestic architecture were unsuited to the changes in
In this groundbreaking work, Clive Aslet brings us face to face with the personalities, technologies, industries, and histories that have shaped the English domestic house. The journey begins at Cliv
From the Vanderbilts' stupendous Biltmore and the Rockefellers' Kykuit to the Duponts' museum Winterthur and William Randolph Hearst's legendary San Simeon, American country houses evoke the grandeur
