Main entry:

Aslet, Clive, 1955- author.

Title & Author:

An exuberant catalogue of dreams : the Americans who revived the country house in Britain / Clive Aslet.

Publication:

London : Aurum Press Ltd, 2013.

Description:

208 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 30 cm

Notes:
"Covering eighteen Americans and their houses--from the captivating May Goelet and Floors castle in Scotland to the big game hunter Willie James and West Dean Park on the south coast--he illustrates the varied destinies by which stupendously wealthy Americans ended up owning great stately piles, and the variety of transformations they wrought upon them."--Jacket flap.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Flora Sharon at Easton Neston -- Walter Burns at Brook Street and North Mymms Park -- The Astors at Cliveden and Hever Castle -- Willie James at West Dean Park -- Consuelo Vanderbilt at Blenheim Palace and Crowhurst Place -- Andrew Carnegie at Skibo Castle -- May Goelet at Floors Castle -- Wilfred and Bertha Buckley at Moundsmere Manor -- Maud Cunard at Nevill Holt -- Gordon Selfridge and Hengistbury Head -- Nancy Lancaster at Kelmarsh Hall, Ditchley Park and Haseley Court -- William Randolph Hearst at St Donat's -- Lady Baillie at Leeds Castle -- The Prince of Wales and Wallis Simpson at Fort Belvedere -- Chips Channon at 5 Belgrave Square and Kelvedon Hall -- J. Paul Getty at Sutton Place -- Sir Paul Getty at Wormsley Park.

Summary:

Clive Aslet's fabulously illustrated book is the first study of this remarkable and unlikely juxtaposition of two very different cultures.

ISBN:

9781781310946
1781310947

Subject:

Country homes Great Britain History 19th century.
Country homes Great Britain History 20th century.
Americans Homes and haunts Great Britain History.
Aristocracy (Social class) Great Britain History 19th century.
Aristocracy (Social class) Great Britain History 20th century.
Millionaires United States History 19th century.
Millionaires United States History 20th century.
Herrgårdar - historia.
Aristocracy (Social class) - Great Britain - History - 20th century.
Herrenhaus.
Americans - Homes and haunts - Great Britain - History.
Country homes - Great Britain - History - 19th century.
Millionaires - United States - History - 20th century.
Millionaires - United States - History - 19th century.
Country homes - Great Britain - History - 20th century.
Aristocracy (Social class) - Great Britain - History - 19th century.
Amerikaner.
Erwerb.
Großbritannien.
Millionnaires États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Millionnaires États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture and Planning.
Aristocracy (Social class)
Country homes
Millionaires
Herrgårdar historia.
Great Britain
United States

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 287212
Call No.: BIB 228106
Status: Available