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David Adshead is chief curator and David Taylor is curator of paintings, both at the National Trust.
How welcome to have a major new assessment of architecture, furnishings and collection of this celebrated and vastly important house. -John Goodall, Country Life -- John Goodall * Country Life * This new study, comprising 20 chapters and several appendices by leading scholars in their respective fields, gives credit to the huge amount of scholarship that the house has already attracted, yet here builds a narrative of further subtle character. -Maurice Howard, Apollo -- Maurice Howard * Apollo * This ample, illustrated monograph has an elegiac quality, comprising a series of well-written essays by leading art historians on all aspects of a great building... a record of a unique national monument. -John Martin Robinson, House & Garden -- John Martin Robinson * House & Garden * It is impressive that the National Trust can generate the exemplary level of scholarly analysis captured within this book. -Jeremy Musson, Art Newspaper This is a richly absorbing book about one of the finest houses in the country. - John Bold, Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society this volume is to be praised for its vision, scholarship and comprehensiveness - Lisa White, Furniture History Society Newsletter
