Adrian Tinniswood
Noble Ambitions : The Fall and Rise of the Post-War Country House...
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From the bestselling author of The Long Weekend a wild, sad and sometimes hilarious tour of the English country house after the Second World War, when Swinging London collided with aristocratic values.Preposterously entertaining ObserverBrilliant Daily TelegraphRollicking Sunday TimesAs the sun set slowly on the British Empire in the years after the Second World War, the nations stately homes were in crisis. Tottering under the weight of rising taxes and a growing sense that they had no place in twentiethcentury Britain, hundreds of ancestral piles were dismantled and demolished.Yet perhaps surprisingly many of these great houses survived, as dukes and duchesses clung desperately to their ancestral seats and tenants balls gave way to rock concerts, safari parks and day trippers. From the Rolling Stones rocking Longleat to Christine Keeler rocking Cliveden, Noble Ambitions takes us on a lively tour of these crumbling halls of power. A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year Longlisted for the William MB Berger Prize for British Art History
Binding: Paperback;416 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: AMK; Weight: 434 g; Dimensions: 127 x 197 x 29
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From the bestselling author of The Long Weekend a wild, sad and sometimes hilarious tour of the English country house after the Second World War, when Swinging London collided with aristocratic values.Preposterously entertaining ObserverBrilliant Daily TelegraphRollicking Sunday TimesAs the sun set slowly on the British Empire in the years after the Second World War, the nations stately homes were in crisis. Tottering under the weight of rising taxes and a growing sense that they had no place in twentiethcentury Britain, hundreds of ancestral piles were dismantled and demolished.Yet perhaps surprisingly many of these great houses survived, as dukes and duchesses clung desperately to their ancestral seats and tenants balls gave way to rock concerts, safari parks and day trippers. From the Rolling Stones rocking Longleat to Christine Keeler rocking Cliveden, Noble Ambitions takes us on a lively tour of these crumbling halls of power. A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year Longlisted for the William MB Berger Prize for British Art History
Binding: Paperback;416 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: AMK; Weight: 434 g; Dimensions: 127 x 197 x 29
Extended returns Orders placed after 29th October 2026 can be returned until 5th January 2027
Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
Click here to view our full Returns Policy.
Adrian Tinniswood
Noble Ambitions : The Fall and Rise of the Post-War Country House...
“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer
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