Elizabethan Architecture: Its Rise and Fall, 1540-1640

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Architectural historian Mark Girouard surveys English building from the Reformation to the eve of the Civil War. Girouard examines the great houses of the era, such as Longleat, Hardwick and Burghley, along with the patrons, masons and surveyors who created them. He explains how ideas from the Continent mixed with English traditions to create a distinct style. Lavishly illustrated with photographs and plans, the book brings together decades of research by a leading authority on the English cou…

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