The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House, 1918-1939

by Adrian Tinniswood

Book Overview

From an acclaimed social and architectural historian, the tumultuous, scandalous, glitzy, and glamorous history of English country houses and high society during the interwar period
As WWI drew to a close, change reverberated through the halls of England's country homes. As the sun set slowly on the British Empire, the shadows lengthened on the lawns of a thousand stately homes.

In The Long Weekend, historian Adrian Tinniswood...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465048986
• ISBN13: 9780465048984
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.4"