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LISLE, LEANDA DE; STANFORD, PETER. - The Catholics and Their Houses. Photographs by Richard Surman with a Foreword by The Duke of Norfolk.

Title: The Catholics and Their Houses. Photographs by Richard Surman with a Foreword by The Duke of Norfolk.
Description: First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xxii, 116; frontispiece map, text illustrated with numerous coloured photographs, chronology, visitor information, bibliography, index, bound in original grey cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy. London; HarperCollinsPublishers; 1995. Nowhere is Catholic history brought more vividly to life than in the homes of the landed Catholic gentry. These houses tell tales of the conspiracy, rebellion and martyrdom of families whose descendants, in many cases, inhabit them to this day. The buildings themselves are some of the most beautiful and architecturally inspiring in England.

Keywords: houses architecture catholics religion england miscellaneous biography

Price: AUD 26.00 = appr. US$ 17.99 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 115776