Country Life (books)
Encyclopedia
Country Life books are publications, mostly on English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 country houses and gardens, compiled from the articles and photographic archives of Country Life magazine
Country Life (magazine)
Country Life is a British weekly magazine, based in London at 110 Southwark Street, and owned by IPC Media, a Time Warner subsidiary.- Topics :The magazine covers the pleasures and joys of rural life, as well as the concerns of rural people...

, usually published in the UK by Aurum Press
Aurum Press
Aurum Press is an independent English publishing house located in London. It was founded in 1976. Aurum concentrates on non-fiction titles and publishes approximately 75 new books every year. One of its titles in 2009 will be the biography of Neville Staple, vocalist in The Specials, Fun Boy...

 and in the USA by Rizzoli
RCS MediaGroup
RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. , based in Milan and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange, is an international multimedia publishing group that operates in daily newspapers, magazines and books, radio broadcasting, new media and digital and satellite TV...

.

Books (in reverse chronology)

From the Archives of Country Life:
  • Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden (2011) Judith B. Tankard, Aurum Press, 192 pages, ISBN 1-84513-624-1, ISBN 978-1-84513-624-6. Rizzoli USA, ISBN 0-8478-3633-9, ISBN 978-0-8478-3633-8.
  • The Classical Country House (2010) David Watkin
    David Watkin (historian)
    David John Watkin, MA PhD LittD Hon FRIBA FSA is a British architectural historian. He is an Emeritus Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Professor Emeritus of History of Architecture in the Department of History of Art at the University of Cambridge...

    , Aurum Press, 192 pages, ISBN 1-84513-593-8, ISBN 978-1-84513-593-5.
  • The Victorian Country House (2009) Michael Hall, Aurum Press, 192 pages, ISBN 1-84513-457-5, ISBN 978-1-84513-457-0. USA: Lasting Elegance: English Country Houses 1830-1900, Monacelli Press, ISBN 1-58093-256-8, ISBN 978-1-58093-256-1.
  • The English Country House (2009) Mary Miers, Rizzoli International Publications, 484 pages, ISBN 0-8478-3057-8, ISBN 978-0-8478-3057-2.
  • Charles Latham's Gardens of Italy (2009) Helena Attlee, Aurum Press, 192 pages, ISBN 1-84513-432-X, ISBN 978-1-84513-432-7.
  • The Country Houses of John Vanbrugh
    John Vanbrugh
    Sir John Vanbrugh  – 26 March 1726) was an English architect and dramatist, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard. He wrote two argumentative and outspoken Restoration comedies, The Relapse and The Provoked Wife , which have become enduring stage favourites...

    (2008) Jeremy Musson
    Jeremy Musson
    Jeremy Musson is an English author, editor and presenter, specialising in British country houses and architecture.-Career:Musson was Architectural Editor of Country Life magazine 1998-2007, and its Architectural Writer 1995-8...

    , Aurum Press, 192 pages, ISBN 1-84513-097-9, ISBN 978-1-84513-097-8.
  • Country Houses of the Cotswolds (2008) Sir Nicholas Mander
    Sir Nicholas Mander, 4th Baronet
    Sir Nicholas Mander, 4th Baronet is a British baronet.He is the elder son of Charles Marcus Mander, 3rd baronet of The Mount, by Maria Dolores , née Brödermann, of Hamburg, whom he succeeded in 2006. He was educated at Downside School, Trinity College, Cambridge , and Grenoble University...

    , Aurum Press, 192 pages, ISBN 1-84513-331-5, ISBN 978-1-84513-331-3.
  • The Country Houses of Robert Adam (2007) Eileen Harris
    Eileen Harris
    Dr Eileen Harris is an American/English architectural historian and author. She is an expert on Robert Adam and is Honorary Librarian and Consultant to the Adam Project at Sir John Soane's Museum in London.-Early and family life:...

    , Aurum Press, 192 pages, ISBN 1-84513-263-7, ISBN 978-1-84513-263-7.
  • The Great Edwardian Gardens of Harold Peto (2007) Robin Whalley, Aurum Press, 192 pages, ISBN 1-84513-235-1, ISBN 978-1-84513-235-4.
  • Villa Gardens of the Mediterranean (2006) Kathryn Bradley-Hole, Aurum Press, 208 pages, ISBN 1-84513-124-X, ISBN 978-1-84513-124-1.
  • The Regency Country House (2005) John Martin Robinson
    John Martin Robinson
    John Martin Robinson, FSA is a British architectural historian and officer of arms.He was born in Preston, Lancashire and educated at the Benedictine school at Fort Augustus, the University of St Andrews and matriculated to Oriel College, Oxford University for his DPhil in 1970...

    , Aurum Press, 192 pages, ISBN 1-84513-053-7, ISBN 978-1-84513-053-4.
  • English Gardens of the Twentieth Century (2005) Tim Richardson
    Tim Richardson
    Tim Richardson, author of Sweets: The History of Temptation, is the world's first international confectionery historian. He also writes about gardens, landscape and theatre, and contributes to the Daily Telegraph, Country Life, The Idler, House & Garden, Garden Design Journal and Wallpaper...

    , Aurum Press, 224 pages, ISBN 1-84513-071-5, ISBN 978-1-84513-071-8.
  • Twentieth Century Houses in Britain (2004) Alan Powers
    Alan Powers
    Alan Powers is a British author specialising in books on architecture.Powers trained as an art historian at University of Cambridge, gaining an undergraduate degree and a PhD. During his career he has combined writing with painting and illustration. His work includes aquatints, drawings,...

    , Aurum Press, 192 pages, ISBN 1-84513-012-X, ISBN 978-1-84513-012-1.
  • Lost Gardens of England (2004) Kathryn Bradley-Hole, Aurum Press, 192 pages, ISBN 1-85410-991-X, ISBN 978-1-85410-991-0.

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