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1	Life in the English Country House: A Social and Architectural History more books like this by Mark Girouard add to wishlist The English country house has flourished over the centuries because of its ability to adapt to the changes in English society. This book is an account of the ways in which the upper-class life style were reflected in the houses in which the wealthy and powerful lived. First published in 1978, this is a history of the English country house from the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $28.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose more books like this by Alice Munro add to wishlist Alice Munro's short-story cycle tells the story of Rose, a young woman growing up in rural Canada with her stepmother, Flo. Following the two over the course of several decades, THE BEGGAR MAID (titled WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? in Canada) presents Rose as a bright, observant, and engaging young woman who is desperate to make something of her life- ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.49! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Return to Camelot: Chivalry and the English Gentleman more books like this by Mark Girouard add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.75! \| first editions
4	Cities and People: A Social and Architectural History more books like this by Mark Girouard add to wishlist London, Paris, Venice, New York, Rome, Constantinople - the cities of the world have captured man's imagination for generations. In this lively, sumptuously illustrated book, the author of the best-selling 'Life In The English Country House' takes us on a tour of cities and their people through the centuries. Focusing on carefully selected cities ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.75! \| first editions
5	Fallingwater, a Frank Lloyd Wright Country House more books like this by Edgar Kaufmann, Mark Girouard (Foreword by) add to wishlist see all copies from $16.25! new only from $25.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Hardwick Hall more books like this by Mark Girouard add to wishlist see all copies from $2.53! new only from $9.92!
7	The Victorian Country House more books like this by Mark Girouard add to wishlist see all copies from $9.60! new only from $51.15! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Life in the French Country House more books like this by Mark Girouard add to wishlist A perceptive and witty account of upper-class French society through the centuries, showing how its setting - the chateaux, manoirs and gentilhommeries of the French countryside - evolved in concert with their inhabitants to create a way of life admired and emulated throughout Europe. We learn how different rooms were lived in and how their uses ... see all copies from $5.86! new only from $5.92! \| first editions
9	Country House Companion more books like this by Mr. Mark Girouard add to wishlist Mark Girouard has compiled an anthology of personal anecdotes and reminiscences about the English country house by people who lived in them, worked in them, or visited them--from queens to kitchen maids. 90 black-and-white illustrations. 25 color plates. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.00! \| first editions
10	The English Town: A History of Urban Life more books like this by Mark Girouard add to wishlist By looking at England's cathedral towns, Regency spas and industrial cities, and at their market squares, docks, council chambers and assembly rooms, the author traces the development of English towns through the centuries. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.80! \| first editions
11	Sweetness and Light: The "Queen Anne" Movement, 1860-1900 more books like this by Mark Girouard add to wishlist Mark Girouard describes the 'Queen Anne' movement in all its manifestations, tracing its origin in the 1860s, the spread of its subsequent vogue from London to the provinces, and from England to America, and is fall from grace in the 1890s when it was taken up by architects of pubs and waterside villas. see all copies from $8.50! first editions
12	Town and Country more books like this by Mark Girouard add to wishlist In this book, Mark Girouard tells how he became intrigued by architecture as a small boy. Combining anecdote and information about both buildings and their inhabitants, he writes of the places he has visited in town and country. Girouard provides an interpretation of the English origins of rococo art, he describes the formation of an English ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| first editions
13	Victorian pubs more books like this by Mark Girouard add to wishlist In Victorian London the reckless abundance of pubs brought comfort, glitter and variety to the drab lives of the poor and a flush of righteous anger to the solemn faces of the Temperance reformers. The agitators made important gains but never achieved the total prohibition they sought. This book celebrates the rise and laments the fall of the ... see all copies from $4.32! first editions
14 view cover	Big Jim more books like this by Mark Girouard add to wishlist James Stirling is one of the few postwar architects to whom the word genius can be applied. Formidable, ebulient, self-centred, at times outrageous, he pursued architecute and the creation of buildings with a single-minded intensity, evoking hero-worship and sometimes hatred in the process. Mark Girouard traces Stirling's life from his tough ... see all copies from $16.18! new only from $31.10! \| first editions
15	Sweetness & Light - Queen Anne 1860-1900 more books like this by Mark Girouard add to wishlist see all copies from $11.99! first editions
16 view cover	Robert Smythson and the Elizabethan Country House more books like this by Mark Girouard add to wishlist This book by Girouard begins with the general history of Elizabethan and Jacobean architecture and the ideas behind it. Girouard then describes the buildings that can be connected with Robert Smythson and his architect son and grandson, discussing their design and decoration, as well as the personalities who commissioned them. see all copies from $19.99! new only from $180.15! \| first editions
17	Windsor : the most romantic castle more books like this by Mark Girouard add to wishlist A photographic portrait of a royal castle and the life lived in and around it over the centuries, from the Middle Ages to the present. see all copies from $2.05!
18 view cover	Anthony Salvin: Pioneer of Gothic Revival Architecture more books like this by Jill Allibone, Mr. Mark Girouard (Foreword by) add to wishlist One of the most important architects practising in Britain during the years 1820-1880, Anthony Salvin had a long and successful career as a builder of country houses and churches and as a restorer of some of the most important castles in England, including Windsor Castle and the Tower of London. In the first book-length study of this important ... see all copies from $50.92! new only from $55.11! \| SVS
19 view cover	The Victorian Country House, Second Edition: Revised and Enlarged Edition more books like this by Mark Girouard add to wishlist see all copies from $6.99!
20 view cover	Alfred Waterhouse and the Natural History Museum more books like this by Mark Girouard add to wishlist In this book (published in conjunction with the Museum's centenary celebrations) Mark Girouard traces the history of the building from its origins in discussions between Gladstone and Richard Owen (later the first director) in 1861, to its completion in 1881. The story is a tale of scholarly ambition, political intrigue and ingenious technical and ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $9.88! \| first editions
21	La Vie Dans Les Chteaux Franáais, Du Moyen Age Nos Jours by Mark Girouard add to wishlist see all copies from $143.23! new only from $143.23!
22	Historic houses of Britain more books like this by Mark Girouard add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
23	Robert Smythson and the architecture of the Elizabethan era. more books like this by Mark Girouard add to wishlist see all copies from $9.70! first editions
24 view cover	Elizabethan Architecture more books like this by Mr. Mark Girouard add to wishlist Elizabethan and Jacobean architecture - not the friendly unassuming architecture of the vernacular but the uniquely strange and exciting buildings put up by the great and powerful, ranging from huge houses to gem-like pavilions and lodges designed for feasting and hunting - is a phenomenon as remarkable as the literature which accompanied it, the ... see all copies from $56.39! new only from $56.39! \| SVS
25	Die Stadt. Menschen, Häuser, Plätze. Eine Kulturgeschichte by Mark Girouard add to wishlist see all copies from $30.00!

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