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Woburn Abbey: The Park & Gardens
Keir Davidson
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Description for Woburn Abbey: The Park & Gardens
Hardcover. A fascinating history of Woburn Abbey, the park and gardens Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: AMKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 222 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1354.
Woburn Abbey: The Park and Gardens tells a fascinating story that illuminates both the history of English landscaping and the highs and lows of an aristocratic family that has been at the centre of British life for more than four centuries. Drawing on the enormous quantity of material available in the Woburn archives - as well as historic images preserved in the Abbey itself, and stunning newly commissioned photographs - landscape designer and historian Keir Davidson shows how the park and gardens developed, following the individual tastes of the owners as well as wider trends in gardening and landscaping. ... Read more
Woburn Abbey: The Park and Gardens tells a fascinating story that illuminates both the history of English landscaping and the highs and lows of an aristocratic family that has been at the centre of British life for more than four centuries. Drawing on the enormous quantity of material available in the Woburn archives - as well as historic images preserved in the Abbey itself, and stunning newly commissioned photographs - landscape designer and historian Keir Davidson shows how the park and gardens developed, following the individual tastes of the owners as well as wider trends in gardening and landscaping. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pimpernel Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910258132
SKU
V9781910258132
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-19
About Keir Davidson
Keir Davidson is an experienced landscape designer, specializing in waterfalls of natural rock. He created gardens in Japan and then worked for eighteen years in the United States, building a 250-acre private botanical garden in New York State. For the past sixteen years he has been associated with Woburn Abbey and the Bedford family, initially as a designer of waterfalls ... Read more
Reviews for Woburn Abbey: The Park & Gardens
The best country-house history published in recent years
John Martin Robinson
Country Life
John Martin Robinson
Country Life