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'I cannot over-emphasise how admirable this book is, both as a read and as an eye-feast.'
--Michael Snodin, Spectator, 5th December 2009
`Contains everything you ever wanted to know about Horace Walpole and his amazing Gothick treasury of Strawberry Hill.' --Tim Knox, Country Life (Best Books of 2009), 30th December 2009
`I cannot over-emphasise how admirable this book is...I don't think another book on the subject will ever be needed.' --Bevis Hillier, Spectator, 5th December 2009
`Walpole emerges gradually but clearly through the several essays which make up this beautiful illustrated book set around...Strawberry Hill.'
--Richard Edmonds, Birmingham Post, 14th January 2009
`This sumptuously illustrated volume of essays is a successful attempt to evoke the complex plan of a unique house.'
--Timothy Mowl, Times Higher Education Supplement, 18th March 2010
`Strawberry Hill is a monument to scholarship... But it is also an enthralling guide to a quite literally `fantastic' house.'
--Jonathon Conlin, Southern History 31, 2009
`This superb volume - part history book, part catalogue - ... Sumptuously designed and meticulously researched...provides a fascinating insight into Walpole's world.'
--Paula Hammond, Stamp and Coin Mart, 1st July 2010
`There is so much to enjoy in this beautifully produced volume.'
--The Good Book Guide, September 2010
--Michael Snodin, Spectator, 5th December 2009
`Contains everything you ever wanted to know about Horace Walpole and his amazing Gothick treasury of Strawberry Hill.' --Tim Knox, Country Life (Best Books of 2009), 30th December 2009
`I cannot over-emphasise how admirable this book is...I don't think another book on the subject will ever be needed.' --Bevis Hillier, Spectator, 5th December 2009
`Walpole emerges gradually but clearly through the several essays which make up this beautiful illustrated book set around...Strawberry Hill.'
--Richard Edmonds, Birmingham Post, 14th January 2009
`This sumptuously illustrated volume of essays is a successful attempt to evoke the complex plan of a unique house.'
--Timothy Mowl, Times Higher Education Supplement, 18th March 2010
`Strawberry Hill is a monument to scholarship... But it is also an enthralling guide to a quite literally `fantastic' house.'
--Jonathon Conlin, Southern History 31, 2009
`This superb volume - part history book, part catalogue - ... Sumptuously designed and meticulously researched...provides a fascinating insight into Walpole's world.'
--Paula Hammond, Stamp and Coin Mart, 1st July 2010
`There is so much to enjoy in this beautifully produced volume.'
--The Good Book Guide, September 2010
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Winner of the Society of Architectural Historians 2012 Philip Johnson Exhibition Catalogue Award. The Johnson award recognizes excellence in published exhibition catalogues. --Philip Johnson Exhibition Catalogue Award "Society of Architectural Historians "
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Format:Hardcover
A beautifully presented volume which is a real credit to art publishing. A mine of information on Strawberry Hill Gothic and a must for all wanting an introduction as much as those looking for informed detail. I can't imagine anyone reading this book and not wanting to savour a visit to Horace Walpole's 'little-plaything-house'.
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A beautifully illustrated book with excellent pictures. Anyone who has an interest in grand houses would do well to buy this book.
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Horace's House
20 Feb 2010
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This is a serious coffee table book whose contents quite knowledgeably describe, in great detail, the extent and meaning of the collection assembled by the 18th century's Horace Walpole for his gothic fantasy residence. It has many lovely illustrations and pictures.
For those who hanker to know more about the famous English house, Strawberry Hill and/or the efforts of Walpole in assembling his varied collection of artistic and historical this and that, this book would be an excellent purchase.
However, the ordinary reader will probably be safe in not buying-- given the book's deep scholarly articles, a distant subject matter, and steep price.
For those who hanker to know more about the famous English house, Strawberry Hill and/or the efforts of Walpole in assembling his varied collection of artistic and historical this and that, this book would be an excellent purchase.
However, the ordinary reader will probably be safe in not buying-- given the book's deep scholarly articles, a distant subject matter, and steep price.
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