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| Author | : Nick Morris |
| Publisher | : Rizzoli International Publications |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2018-05-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1785511114 |
The inside story of one of the greatest ever rescues of a country house, which transformed a family seat into a renowned school and National Trust site. The restoration of Stowe House and development of the surrounding estate by Stowe School, allied to work in the landscape gardens by the National Trust, is one of the greatest rescues of a country house ever achieved. The ancestral home of the Temple-Grenvilles came close to demolition in 1920, when the entire site was put up for sale. The formation of Stowe School in 1923 secured a future use that maintained the traditions of the Enlightenment with its unrelenting quest for knowledge and understanding. The past 94 years have seen innovation in land management with the gifting of the gardens to the National Trust and a renovation programme of truly monumental proportions. This major new work details the architectural history of the site, tells the story of the restoration through the words of those most closely involved and demonstrates how the School has continued to build in a sympathetic and harmonious manner that preserves the identity and character of the estate as a whole. Contents: Foreword - Andrew Fane; Introduction - John Darlington Chapter 1: 'A Work to wonder at - perhaps a Stow': the significance of the 'superb mansion' at Stowe - Jeremy Musson Chapter 2: The Architectural Development of Stowe House - Michael Bevington Chapter 3: Restoration - Restoring Magnificence - Nick Morris; The Architect's View - Jane Kennedy; Plaster and Statues - Trevor Proudfoot; Metalwork - Rupert Harris; Research Decorative Schemes - Patrick Baty; Textile Recreations for the Blue Room - Annabel Westman; Lighting - John Darlington; The Egyptian Hall - John Maddison; The Discovery of the Baroque Wall Paintings on the East Staircase - Rhiannon Clarricoates; The Temple-Grenvilles as Collectors - Anna McEvoy Chapter 4: Stowe Architecture since 2000 - Anthony Wallersteiner Notes
| Author | : Nick Morris |
| Publisher | : Scala Arts Publishers Incorporated |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2015-08 |
| Genre | : Architecture, Domestic |
| ISBN | : 9781857599381 |
The building of Stowe was begun in 1676; over the next century it developed into one of Europe's greatest classical houses, visited by European and Russian royalty. Surrounded by magnificent landscape gardens, the estate still inspires awe in visitors today. Numerous famous architects worked on its construction, including Sir John Vanbrugh, William Kent, James Gibbs, Robert Adam, Thomas Pitt and Sir John Soane. By the mid-nineteenth century, however, the estate had fallen into decline and was only saved by the foundation of Stowe School in 1923. Stowe House is now finally being restored to its former glory. This lavishly illustrated book explores the tumultuous history of a house that was once too grand even for royalty."
| Author | : Nancy Koester |
| Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 391 |
| Release | : 2014-01-13 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0802833047 |
"So you're the little woman who started this big war," Abraham Lincoln is said to have quipped when he met Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her 1852 novel Uncle Tom s Cabin converted readers by the thousands to the anti-slavery movement and served notice that the days of slavery were numbered. Overnight Stowe became a celebrity, but to defenders of slavery she was the devil in petticoats. Most writing about Stowe treats her as a literary figure and social reformer while downplaying her Christian faith. But Nancy Koester's biography highlights Stowe s faith as central to her life -- both her public fight against slavery and her own personal struggle through deep grief to find a gracious God. Having meticulously researched Stowe s own writings, both published and un-published, Koester traces Stowe's faith pilgrimage from evangelical Calvinism through spiritualism to Anglican spirituality in a flowing, compelling narrative.
| Author | : Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 524 |
| Release | : 1901 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
In the nineteenth century Uncle Tom's Cabin sold more copies than any other book in the world except the Bible.
| Author | : Cheryl Mendelson |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 900 |
| Release | : 2005-05-17 |
| Genre | : House & Home |
| ISBN | : 0743272862 |
A classic bestselling resource for every household, Home Comforts helps you manage everyday chores, find creative solutions to domestic dilemmas, and enhance the experience of life at home. “Home Comforts is to the house what Joy of Cooking is to food.” —USA TODAY Home Comforts is an engaging and comprehensive book about housekeeping. It is a lively and readable guide for both beginners and experts in all the domestic arts. From keeping surfaces free of germs, watering plants, removing stains, folding a fitted sheet, cleaning china, tuning a piano, lighting a fire, setting the dining room table—this guide covers everything that people might want to do for themselves in their homes. Further topics include: making up a bed with hospital corners, expert recommendations for safe food storage, reading care labels (and sometimes carefully disregarding them), keeping your home free of dust mites and other allergens, this is a practical, good-humored, philosophical guidebook to the art and science of household management.
| Author | : Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 482 |
| Release | : 1896 |
| Genre | : American literature |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Wanda Balzano |
| Publisher | : Palgrave MacMillan |
| Total Pages | : 262 |
| Release | : 2007-05-16 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : |
This groundbreaking collection reframes how popular culture in Ireland and Ireland in popular culture can be understood. The essays examine in unique ways, local and global Irishness, focusing on current versions of traditional culture and new modes of representation, how issues such as gender, sexuality, and race shape contemporary postmodernism in Ireland. From Fanfic to Orange Parades, from Boybands to the Blessed Virgin Mary, from Celebrity Tourism to the Gaelic Athletic Association, the essays address new territories.
| Author | : Debbie Stowe |
| Publisher | : Kuperard |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 2017-05-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 178702976X |
A land of mountains, hills, and fertile plains, Romania is a tourist destination waiting to be discovered. It is a rich and complex country: a place whose cities are home to beautiful parks and vibrant cultural scenes; whose people welcome guests warmly into their homes, sharing the best of whatever they have, and party into the night, suffused by Latin joie de vivre. Buffeted over time between three great powers—the West, Russia, and Turkey—Romania betrays the cultural influences of each, and it can be a difficult place to get a handle on. Culture Smart! Romania provides an indispensable tool for the foreign visitor, digging deep behind the clichés, explaining many of the behavioral quirks of the people, smoothing your path toward better understanding, and outlining the many attractions—cultural, social, and geographical—that await you in this underexplored part of Europe.
| Author | : Dana Meachen Rau |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 114 |
| Release | : 2015-04-21 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 0448483017 |
Born in Connecticut in 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist, author, and playwright. Slavery was a major industry in the American South, and Stowe worked with the Underground Railroad to help escaped slaves head north towards freedom. The publication of her book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a scathing anti-slavery novel, fanned the flames that started the Civil War. The book’s emotional portrayal of the impact of slavery captured the nation’s attention. A best-seller in its time, Uncle Tom’s Cabin sealed Harriet Beecher Stowe’s reputations as one of the most influential anti-slavery voices in US history.
| Author | : Michael Bevington |
| Publisher | : Paul Holberton Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 100 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : |
