Hugh Montgomery Bücher

In this chronological selection of 32 of the most notable houses of England and Wales, the authors present a panoramic history of the great house. The original photographs include examples of English art and architecture, from medieval stone to the excesses of High Victorian taste.

An architectural and social history.

Ireland boasts an architectural treasure trove of 18th and 19th-century country houses. This text looks at 26 of these county seats, from Curraghmore in County Waterford and Ballywater Park in County Down, to Glin Castle in County Limerick.

COntents Baring/Beresford/Campbell/Cavendish/Cecil/Darwin/Douglas/FitzGerald/O'Neil/Percy/Russell/Scott/Somerset/Spencer

Focusing on entertainers, this book gathers together some of the, often amusing, obituaries that have appeared in The Daily Telegraph. Taking entertainer in its broadest sense, it covers the spectrum, from the famous - Liberace, Divine - to the weird, such as circus performers.

Hugh Massingberd has written some 40 books, including works of genealogical reference, studies of royalty and social history and a series of illustrated volumes on palaces, grand hotels and country houses. His five collections of Daily Telegraph obituaries have all been best-sellers.