A Home for All Seasons
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Atlantic Books (Verlag)
978-1-83895-478-9 (ISBN)
Atlantic Books (Verlag)
978-1-83895-478-9 (ISBN)
Both a sweeping history and an intimate account of making a home, told through the prism of an English country house.
Gavin Plumley considered himself a distinctly urban being...until he met his rural husband, Alastair. Together, they bought Stepps House - a three-storey building in Pembridge, Herefordshire - on love at first sight. But then came the inevitable question from an insurance salesman: 'How old is it?' With ancient beams crossing the ceiling, the date they'd been given of 1800 seemed out by centuries. As Gavin traced Stepps House through various hands and eras, he saw the picture of a past emerge that resonates powerfully with our present.
A hybrid work of domestic history and European art, of memoir and landscape, A Home for All Seasons is both grand in its sweep and intimate in its account of life on the edge of England.
Gavin Plumley considered himself a distinctly urban being...until he met his rural husband, Alastair. Together, they bought Stepps House - a three-storey building in Pembridge, Herefordshire - on love at first sight. But then came the inevitable question from an insurance salesman: 'How old is it?' With ancient beams crossing the ceiling, the date they'd been given of 1800 seemed out by centuries. As Gavin traced Stepps House through various hands and eras, he saw the picture of a past emerge that resonates powerfully with our present.
A hybrid work of domestic history and European art, of memoir and landscape, A Home for All Seasons is both grand in its sweep and intimate in its account of life on the edge of England.
Gavin Plumley is a cultural historian. He appears frequently on BBC radio, has written for newspapers and magazines worldwide and gives talks at leading museums and galleries. He grew up in Wales, before moving to London, and studied music at Keble College, Oxford. He lives in Herefordshire.
1: Never a Native 2: The Unanswered Question 3: Between Bark and Heart 4: Picturing Arcadia 5: Safely Gathered In 6: Across Miles 7: The Dead of Winter 8: Bare Ruin'd Choirs 9: Unsprung 10: The Scent of Hawthorn 11: Before the Fall
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.06.2022 |
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| Zusatzinfo | B&W throughout |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 158 x 217 mm |
| Gewicht | 575 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-83895-478-3 / 1838954783 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-83895-478-9 / 9781838954789 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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