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Country houses and the British empire, 1700-1930 assesses the economic and cultural links between country houses and the Empire between the eightee...

Country houses and the British empire, 1700–1930 assesses the economic and cultural links between country houses and the Empire between the eightee...

Country houses have come to be regarded as quintessentially English, not only in terms of their architectural style but because they appear to embo...

From the Charge of the Light Brigade to Scott of the Antarctic and beyond, it seems as if glorious disaster and valiant defeat have been essential ...