Belvoir Castle: A Thousand Years of Family Art and Architecture
The first modern book to be published about this glorious ancestral home on its romantic hilltop site. The Duchess of Rutland takes us on a personal guided tour that includes family history and sumptously decorated rooms with great paintings and elegant furniture. Excellent photographs by Nick McCann and Rupert Watts. Stunning. --Derbyshire Life (UK)This collector's item will have appeal for many different readers. Whether you're after a historical biography, a nose behind the scenes of England's most magnificent Regency house, an account of modern aristocratic life, or even a catalog of classic country home interior design, this will hit the spot on many levels. Recommended.  --ETCLike its authoress, it is a stylish, informative, and charmingly candid companion to the splendors of her preposterous chivalric pile, but this is also a personal tour, which tells us something of what it's like to live in this vast house.  --Country LifeAn engaging and elegant portrait that should bring a fascinating house and its history the attention it deserves. -- The FieldThis collector's item will have appeal for many different readers. Whether you're after a historical biography, a nose behind the scenes of England's most magnificent Regency house, an account of modern aristocratic life, or even a catalog of classic country home interior design, this will hit the spot on many levels. Recommended.  --Melton Times