Noble ambitions : the fall and rise of the post-war country house
Tinniswood, Adrian2023
Book
As the sun set slowly on the British Empire in the years after the Second World War, the nation's stately homes were in crisis. Tottering under the weight of rising taxes and a growing sense that they had no place in twentieth-century Britain, hundreds of ancestral piles were dismantled and demolished. Perhaps even more surprising was the fact that so many of these great houses survived, as dukes and duchesses clung desperately to their ancestral seats and tenants' balls gave way to rock concerts, safari parks and day trippers. From the Rolling Stones rocking Longleat to Christine Keeler rocking Cliveden, 'Noble Ambitions' takes us on a lively tour of these crumbling halls of power, as a rakish, raffish, aristocratic Swinging London collided with traditional rural values.
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheadle Library | Adult non-fiction paperback | 306.094109 TIN | Available |
Main title:
Noble ambitions : the fall and rise of the post-war country house / Adrian Tinniswood.
Author:
Tinniswood, Adrian, author
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2023.
Collation:
416 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2021.
ISBN:
9781529111439 (pbk)
Dewey class:
306.09410904306.094109306.094109 TIN942
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
Post War Society : Country Homes : Stately Homes : National Trust : Cultural Shift : Tourism
BRN:
3675198