9780224099455 - the long weekend: life in the english country house between the wars von tinniswood, adrian (10 Ergebnisse)
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. [A] fantastically readable and endlessly fascinating book Delicious, occasionally fantastical, revealing in ways that Downtown Abbey never was. Rachel Cooke, ObserverA Daily Telegraph Book of the YearThere is nothing quite as beautiful as an English country house in summer. And there has never been… a summer quite like that Indian summer between the two world wars, a period of gentle decline in which the sun set slowly on the British Empire and the shadows lengthened on the lawns of a thousand stately homes. Real life in the country house during the 1920s and 1930s was not always so sunny. By turns opulent and ordinary, noble and vicious, its shadows were darker. In The Long Weekend, Adrian Tinniswood uncovers the truth about a world half-forgotten, draped in myth and hidden behind stiff upper lips and film-star smiles. Drawing on hundreds of memoirs, on unpublished letters and diaries, on the eye-witness testimonies of belted earls and unhappy heiresses and bullying butlers, The Long Weekend gives a voice to the people who inhabited this world. In a definitive social history which combines anecdote and narrative with scholarship, it brings the stately homes of England to life, giving readers an insight into the guilt and the gingerbread, and showing how the image of the country house was carefully protected by its occupants above and below stairs, and how the reality was so much more interesting than the dream. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Zustand: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Zustand: Very Good. 2nd impression. Boards, dj, VG+/VG+. x+406pp, b/w & colour illustrations, index, edges of the dustjacket a little bumped. A social history of the last days of the English country mansion. 1400 grams.
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Very slight bumping to top spine end; otherwise in 'fine' condition with pages free from marks or inscriptions. Unclipped jacket with light edge wear. Please see images for further details. Synopsi…s: There is nothing quite as beautiful as an English country house in summer. And there has never been a summer quite like that Indian summer between the two world wars, a period of gentle decline in which the sun set slowly on the British Empire and the shadows lengthened on the lawns of a thousand stately homes. Real life in the country house during the 1920s and 1930s was not always so sunny. By turns opulent and ordinary, noble and vicious, its shadows were darker. In The Long Weekend, Adrian Tinniswood uncovers the truth about a world half-forgotten, draped in myth and hidden behind stiff upper lips and film-star smiles. Drawing on hundreds of memoirs, on unpublished letters and diaries, on the eye-witness testimonies of belted earls and unhappy heiresses and bullying butlers, The Long Weekend gives a voice to the people who inhabited this world. In a definitive social history which combines anecdote and narrative with scholarship.
Verlag: Jonathan Cape,, 2016
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Hardback. First Edition. Hardback. 406pp. first edition. Illustrated throughout, occasionally in colour. A study of the country house 1918-1939. Chapters are both chronological and thematic including the field sports weekend, the political house, etc. Famous houses such as Clivden and architects such as Lutyens as covered in det…ail. Ragged tear of about 1.5 inches to lower edge of dust jacket else book and jacket are clean, bright and neat. Near fine, bright copy in fair dust jacket Near fine, bright copy in fair dust jacket.
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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a bo…ok weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. There is nothing quite as beautiful as an English country house in summer. And there has never been a summer quite like that Indian summer between the two world wars, a period of gentle decline in which the sun set slowly on the British Empire and the shadows lengthened on the lawns of a thousand stately homes. Real life in the country house during the 1920s and 1930s was not always so sunny. By turns opulent and ordinary, noble and vicious, its shadows were darker. In The Long Weekend, Adrian Tinniswood uncovers the truth about a world half-forgotten, draped in myth and hidden behind stiff upper lips and film-star smiles. Drawing on hundreds of memoirs, on unpublished letters and diaries, on the eye-witness testimonies of belted earls and unhappy heiresses and bullying butlers, The Long Weekend gives a voice to the people who inhabited this world. In a definitive social history which combines anecdote and narrative with scholarship, it brings the stately homes of England to life, giving readers an insight into the guilt and the gingerbread, and showing how the image of the country house was carefully protected by its occupants above and below stairs, and how the reality was so much more interesting than the dream. Ref XXX T.
Verlag: London: Jonathan Cape, 2016
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Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. Hardback. Dust wrapper over green boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 7¼" (1.7 kg); pp 406; Index; Bibliography; Includes: Photographs, black-and-white and colour, within the text; Frontispiece; Photographic lining papers; ||… The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #203178 ||.
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. In this book Adrian Tinniswood uncovers the truth about a world half-forgotten, draped in myth and hidden behind stiff upper lips and film-star smiles. There is a small inscription to the lower corner of the half- title page. The boards, text blo…ck and dust jacket are all square ,tight and clean. Book price includes 2nd class postage in UK only. This book is photographed as proof against in-transit damage.
