Richard Buccleuch

Gebundenes Buch

Boughton

The House, Its People and Its Collections

Fotograf: Schulenburg, Fritz Von Der / Herausgeber: Scott, John

Beschreibung

Boughton, the Duke of Buccleuch's Northamptonshire home, was transformed from a Tudor manor into 'the English Versailles' by Ralph, 1st Duke of Montagu, Charles II's envoy to Louis XIV. It houses splendid portraits of Elizabeth I, Charles II's son the Duke of Monmouth, another Buccleuch ancestor, and Shakespeare's muse, the Countess of Southampton.

Autor

Richard, 10th Duke of Buccleuch and 12th Duke of Queensberry, is responsible for his family's historic art collections and houses, including Drumlanrig Castle and Bowhill in Scotland and Boughton House in Northamptonshire. Author of books about each of them, he works widely in the heritage field and was for ten years President of the National Trust for Scotland. He is currently a trustee of the Royal Collection Trust and President of the Georgian Group.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Caique Publishing, Ltd
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2028
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780995756687
• ISBN-10: 0995756686
• Artikelnr.: 63629096