Long Weekend; Noble Ambitions; The Power and The Glory

[Country Houses]

Adrian Tinniswood's masterful triology on the English Country House scene. Long Weekend is subtitled 'Life in the English Country House between the Wars', Noble Ambitions charts 'The Fall and Rise of the Post-War Country House', and The Power and the Glory covers 'The Country House Before the Great War'. Tinniswood blends a mixture of anecdotes and memoirs with a scholarly history. The pages are filled with 'belted earls, unhappy heiresses and bullying butlers'.



Adrian Tinniswood. Jonathan Cape. London. 2016; 2021; 2024. First editions, first printings. 3 volumes, hardback, octavo; boards, dust jackets. x, 406; x 406; viii, 423 pages. Illustrated in colour and b&w. English. 240 x 185mm. 3.5kg. 9780224099455. Fine, in near fine dust jackets; slight shelf wear to 'Long Weekend', price-clipped.