Penguin Random House. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Penguin Random House ISBN 1856192377 9781856192378 [GB]

London: Sinclair-Stevenson [1-85619-237-7] 1995. (Small 4to) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 384pp. Maps, black & white and color photographs, bibliography, index. There is a remainder mark on the top edge. Photography by Mark Fiennes. Locale:. (Architecture, Architecture, Country Houses). Sinclair-Stevenson ISBN 1856192377 9781856192378 [CA]

London : Sinclair-Stevenson, Date: 1995. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 372 pages, 12 unnumbered pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (some colour), map; 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.Subjects: Country life Ireland History. Nobility Ireland History. Country homes Ireland History. Ireland Social life and customs. Country homes-Ireland. Country houses Social life HistoryIreland. Genre: Bibliography. History.Illustrated. 1995. London : Sinclair-Stevenson ISBN 1856192377 9781856192378 [IE]

London : Sinclair-Stevenson, Date: 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. quarto. Fiennes, Mark. Type: Book pp xlv, 372 + index. 2nd printing. 1996. Sinclair-Stevenson ISBN 1856192377 9781856192378 [GB]

ISBN10: 1856192377, ISBN13: 9781856192378, [publisher: London, Sinclair-Stevenson.] Hardcover First Edition First Edition. 19.5 x 25cm. (11), 373 pages, (10 [Index]./ With colour and black and white photographs throughout. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Brodart cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. For seven hundred years the Ascendancy dominated Ireland. Within their demesnes landlords built their great houses, landscaped their parks and spent wealth gathered from rents. In the twentieth century they vanished, leaving behind ruins and a reputation for being ogres. Making use of letters, diaries, memoirs, estate documents, inventories, travellers' tales and family reminiscences, Peter Somerville-Large examines the lifestyle of the so-called "rural sovereigns". He describes the elegance, discomfort, and danger associated with castle and mansion, and the lives of many famous figures who created or inhabited the great houses. [From jacket notes] Sprache: english.
[Westport, MAYO, Ireland] [Publication Year: 1995]
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London : Sinclair-Stevenson, Date: 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; [16], 384 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography: p. 367-373. - and index. Summary; For 700 years the Ascendancy dominated Ireland: landlords built their great houses, landscaped their parks and spent wealth gathered from rents, before disappearing in the 20th century. Making use of letters, diaries, memoirs, estate documents, inventories, travellers' tales and family reminiscences, Peter Somerville-Large examines the lifestyle of the so-called ""rural sovereigns"", describing the elegance, discomfort, and danger associated with castle and mansion, and the lives of many famous figures who created or inhabited the great houses. Subjects; Country life - Ireland - History. Nobility - Ireland - History. Country homes - Ireland. Ireland - Social life and customs. Country homes - Ireland - History. Ireland - Social life and customs. Ireland - History. Country houses - Social life - History. Ireland. Northern Ireland. Country houses - British Isles - Ireland. Nobility - British Isles - Ireland. Ireland - History - Social. Social & cultural history ; British & Irish history. History / Europe / Ireland. Country houses : Ireland ; Houses : Social history : Ireland ; Ireland : social history. Genre; Illustrated. ...

ISBN10: 1856192377, ISBN13: 9781856192378, [publisher: London : Sinclair-Stevenson] Hardcover First Edition Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; [16], 384 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography: p. 367-373. - and index. Summary; For 700 years the Ascendancy dominated Ireland: landlords built their great houses, landscaped their parks and spent wealth gathered from rents, before disappearing in the 20th century. Making use of letters, diaries, memoirs, estate documents, inventories, travellers' tales and family reminiscences, Peter Somerville-Large examines the lifestyle of the so-called "rural sovereigns", describing the elegance, discomfort, and danger associated with castle and mansion, and the lives of many famous figures who created or inhabited the great houses. Subjects; Country life - Ireland - History. Nobility - Ireland - History. Country homes - Ireland. Ireland - Social life and customs. Country homes - Ireland - History. Ireland - Social life and customs. Ireland - History. Country houses - Social life - History. Ireland. Northern Ireland. Country houses - British Isles - Ireland. Nobility - British Isles - Ireland. Ireland - History - Social. Social & cultural history ; British & Irish history. History / Europe / Ireland. Country houses : Ireland ; Houses : ...