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Blenheim and the Churchill Family: A Personal Portrait (Hardcover)

by Henrietta Spencer-Churchill (Author)

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Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: CICO Books (26 Sep 2005)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1904991149
ISBN-13: 978-1904991144
Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 20.6 x 2.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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About Blenheim written by one of the Spencer-Churchill family, this book is filled with anecdotes, gossip, and intrigue, tracing the story of a glamorous dynasty from 1700 to modern times. This story pieced together from the family archives, shows how the personalities of each Duke and Duchess influenced the progress of the great house.

About the Author

Henrietta Spencer-Churchill is the daughter of the 11th Duke of Marlborough. She lives in London and Woodstock, and runs the highly successful interiors company Woodstock Designs. She is the author of eight books, including Classic Interior Design (Cico, 2003), Classic Design Styles, Classic Decorative Details, Classic Entertaining and Classic English Interiors.

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5.0 out of 5 stars simply superb!!!, 3 Dec 2005

By	Klaus van Amelrode "kmcva" - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

I recently saw that a famous London bookseller listed this book under his section of "Very important publications". Well, as I am not really sure what such kind of publications is, I would not use this term. For me this book is just mere pleasure... simply superb.

The author is Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill, daughter of the present Duke of Marlborough and a famous interior designer. So a Spencer-Churchill is writing about her own family seat and her own family. Well, this could go either way: she could adopt the approach of mere glorification or damnation depending on her experiences or a sympathetic description from the inside without hiding less glorious periods in the family history.

I feel that Lady Henrietta has taken the last approach. Through that her family history, the development of Blenheim as a stately home and a house and home for a family becomes really alive. Her passages on the various personalities of this family are well written and informative.

Of course, the house and garden feature largely in this book. Just fascinating stuff. The chapters are not too long which I find appealing as I am not really interested in the history of every single stone (if you know what I mean). This sometimes makes rather tedious reading. Lady Henrietta spares us this. So she keeps the right balance. Of course, one can spot that she views her family home with the eyes of an interior designer. For me just perfect.

5 stars for this marvelous book. A great treat!!!

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