The Big House: The Story of a Country House and its Family
- ISBN-10
- 0007374356
- ISBN-13
- 9780007374359
- Series
- The Big House
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-03-07
- Publisher
- HarperCollins UK
- Author
- Christopher Simon Sykes
Description
Please note that some images were unavailable for the electronic edition. The highly praised biography of an archetypal great house and the family who lived there for over 250 years.
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