{"product_id":"lost-country-houses-of-norfolk-history-archaeology-and-myth-paperback","title":"Lost Country Houses of Norfolk: History, Archaeology and Myth - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Williamson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIvan D. Ringwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSarah Spooner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorfolk is a county sadly rich in \"lost\" country houses; this account and gazetteer offer a comprehensive account of them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the general non-fiction category in the East Anglian Book Awards 2016. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The country houses lost from the landscape since the late nineteenth century exercise a peculiar grip on the English imagination, seeming to symbolise the passing of a world of taste and elegance, of stability and deference: a world destroyed by modernity. This important new book argues that most previous studies of the subject have been characterised by nostalgia and vagueness, and by a tendency to exaggerate the scale of the destruction and simplify its causes. It presents a balanced, systematic analysis of country house losses in Norfolk, discussing the scale and chronology of destruction. The authors argue that the loss of great houses was not an entirely new development of the twentieth century, they explain the varied reasons why houses were abandoned and destroyed, and they explore the archaeological traces which these places, their gardens and parks, have left in the modern landscape. Their arguments are illuminated by a full and lavishly-illustrated gazetteer.\u003cbr\u003e This book, the results of many years of fieldwork and documentary research, will be essential reading for all those interested in the history of the country house, in the development of the post-medieval landscape, and in the archaeology and history of the county of Norfolk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tom Williamson is Professor of Landscape History at the University of East Anglia; Ivan Ringwood is an independent historical researcher; Sarah Spooner is Lecturer in Landscape History at the University of East Anglia.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 372\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457186021629,"sku":"9781783276998","price":57.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/Z0N4bG1LYzBONEg2bzdzME9aZmFoUT09.webp?v=1777234665","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/lost-country-houses-of-norfolk-history-archaeology-and-myth-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}