The Story of the Country House

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Available from Studio Antalya when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

The Story of the Country House by Clive Aslet The fascinating story of the evolution of the country house in Britain, from its Roman precursors to the present “An eclectic scholarly account, tracing the evolution of the country house from the hunting lodges of the Middle Ages to the modern villas of today. . . . Mr. Aslet is an elegant writer with a wry sense of humor.”—Moira Hodgson, Wall Street Journal “[Aslet] doesn’t just tell us who built what, and for whom, and in what style, but about the