Inheritance
The Story of Knole and the Sackvilles
(Sprache: Englisch)
A fascinating memoir of an extraordinary family told through the vast, four-hundred-year-old house, Knole
A fascinating memoir of an extraordinary family told through the vast, four-hundred-year-old house, Knole
A fascinating memoir of an extraordinary family told through the vast, four-hundred-year-old house, Knole
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A fascinating memoir of an extraordinary family told through the vast, four-hundred-year-old house, Knole
A fascinating memoir of an extraordinary family told through the vast, four-hundred-year-old house, Knole
A fascinating memoir of an extraordinary family told through the vast, four-hundred-year-old house, Knole
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Since its purchase in 1604 by Thomas Sackville, 1 st Earl of Dorset, the house at Knole, Kent, has been inhabited by thirteen generations of a single aristocratic family, the Sackvilles. Here, drawing on a wealth of unpublished letters, archives and images, the current incumbent of the seat, Robert Sackville-West, paints a vivid and intimate portrait of the vast, labyrinthine house and the close relationships his colourful ancestors formed with it.Inheritance is the story of a house and its inhabitants, a family described by Vita Sackville-West as 'a race too prodigal, too amorous, too weak, too indolent and too melancholy; a rotten lot, and nearly all stark staring mad'. Where some revelled in the hedonism of aristocratic life, others rebelled against a house which, in time, would disinherit them, shutting its doors to them forever. It's a drama in which the house itself is a principal character, it's fortunes often mirroring those of the family. Every detail holds a story: the portraits, and and all the junk which the subjects of those portraits left behind, point to pivotal moments in history; all the rooms, and the objects that fill them, are freighted with an emotional significance that has been handed down from generation to generation.
Now owned by the National Trust, Knole is today one of the largest houses in England, visited by thousands annually and housing one of the country's finest collections of second-hand Royal furniture. It's a pleasure to follow Robert Sackville-West, as he unravels the private life of a public place on a fascinating, masterful, four-hundred-year tour through the memories and memorabilia, political, financial and domestic, of his extraordinary family.
Autoren-Porträt von Robert Sackville-West
Sackville-West, RobertAfter studying History at Oxford University, Robert Sackville-West worked in publishing, founding Toucan Books in 1985, which creates illustrated non-fiction books for an international market. He now combines that with chairing Knole Estates, the property and investment company which runs the Sackville family's interests at Knole. In 2008, he and his wife and three children moved in the house, which has been occupied by the Sackville family for 400 years.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Robert Sackville-West
- 2010, 320 Seiten, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade
- ISBN-10: 1408803380
- ISBN-13: 9781408803387
Sprache:
Englisch
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