GREAT HOUSES MODERN ARISTOCRATS

Filled with stunning photography, this book is a remarkably intimate and lively look inside some of England's stateliest houses, with the modern-day aristocrats who live in them and keep them going in high style. As the current owners speak of the critical roles their ancestors have played in the nation, they bring history alive, revealing how of the houses have survived great wars, economic upheavals, and, at times, scandal. It offers a tour of some of England's finest residences, with many of the interiors shown here for the first time. Includes Blenheim Palace, the exquisite Old Vicarage in Derbyshire (last residence of the late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire nee Deborah Mitford), Haddon Hall, the vast crenellated 900-year-old manor house belonging to the Dukes of Rutland and the island paradises on Mustique and St. Lucia of the 3rd Baron Glenconner. Perfect for history buffs and lovers of traditional interior design and English country life.