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Do you Remember Me? Catherine Goodman
£15.00 Buy Do you remember me… is a major new exhibition at Waddesdon, showcasing never before seen works by Catherine Goodman. The catalogue illustrates her paintings and drawings which capture the serenity and beauty of a grove of olive trees on the island of Corfu. -
High Times by Hannah Rothschild (Signed Copy)
£16.99 Buy Ayesha Scott has a perfect life. Home is an art-filled Cornish castle with her stratospherically wealthy, titled husband and their beloved daughter. But behind every realised dream lurks an unexploded nightmare and in the course of one day Ayesha discovers that she will be penniless, homeless and powerless unless she can outwit the international mafia, infiltrate the world of high finance and make backstreet deals with the shadiest members of the art world. Hurt and betrayed, she's determined to fight for herself and her daughter – but can she do it without enlisting the help of her beloved, deeply eccentric but estranged family? -
Jean-Henri Riesener: Cabinetmaker to Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
£50.00 Buy Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806) was one of the greatest French cabinetmakers of all time. From humble beginnings as a German immigrant in Paris, he found fame through the delivery of a magnificent roll-top desk to Louis XV in 1769 and went on to become Marie-Antoinette's favourite cabinetmaker, supplying the queen and the court of Louis XVI with sumptuous furniture of superb quality. Renowned for his exquisite marquetry and refined designs, his pieces were ornamented with spectacular gilt-bronze mounts made by some of the greatest metalworkers in Paris. In the nineteenth century, Riesener's name became associated with the very best of Louis XVI-period French furniture; his pieces continue to be highly sought after and are found in major museums worldwide. Edited by Helen Jacobsen with Rufus Bird and Mia Jackson Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd ISBN: 9781781300909 304 Pages Weight: 2.0Kg Dimensions: 280x230mm -
House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild
£16.99 Buy The seat of the Trelawney family for over 800 years, Trelawney Castle was once the jewel of the Cornish coast. Each successive Earl spent with abandon, turning the house and grounds into a sprawling, extravagant palimpsest of wings, turrets and follies. But recent generations have been better at spending than making money. Now living in isolated penury, unable to communicate with each other or the rest of the world, the family are running out of options. Three unexpected events will hasten their demise: the sudden appearance of a new relation, an illegitimate, headstrong, beautiful girl; an unscrupulous American hedge fund manager determined to exact revenge; and the financial crash of 2008. -
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Brought to Life; Eliot Hodgkin Rediscovered, edited by Adrian Eeles
£20.00 – £28.00 Buy Eliot Hodgkin (1905-1987) is best known as a painter of still life subjects beautifully executed in tempera. His depictions of everyday objects - such as lemons, radishes, dead leaves and feathers - have always been much prized by collectors. Less well known are his haunting views of bomb sites in London after World War II, with rank weeds and wildflowers pushing up through mounds of rubble. This revealing, fully illustrated catalogue accompanies the first survey exhibition on the artist since 1990. Published by Waddesdon Manor May 2019. Paperback. 158 pages -
Silver Caesars: A Renaissance Mystery
£35.00 Buy The twelve silver-gilt cups known as the Aldobrandini Tazze are magnificent examples of 16th-century European goldsmithing. Featuring figures and scenes from Roman historian Suetonius's classic work The Twelve Caesars, all Tazze are rendered in minute, intricate relief. Dispersed in the 1860s, the tazze were reunited in 2014 for the first time since the 19th century. This book shows each piece newly photographed to highlight the dazzling detail and show the works as they were originally made. The accompanying essays, written by a team of scholars from around the world, explore the persistent questions that swirl around these unique silver dishes, including where, when, and for whom they were originally made, what they were used for, and why the set was separated and scattered. -
Waddesdon: The Biography of a Rothschild House
£35.00 Buy In 1957, James de Rothschild bequeathed Waddesdon Manor to Britain's National Trust. Since that time, the Manor and its spectacular gardens welcome more and more visitors every year. Now, this lavish book allows readers everywhere the opportunity to enjoy this unique celebration of le style Rothschild. -
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Paradise and Plenty
£29.95 Buy Under the leadership of the renowned head gardener, Sue Dickinson, this garden works on a scale that is now unique producing, year-round, all the fruit, flowers and vegetables for a country house where entertaining still happens on a grand scale and where everything is done to the highest standard. Paradise and Plenty will open a window on what has, until now, been kept intensely private, a world beyond most gardeners' dreams. Many of the techniques used at Eythrop are old and tried, but have fallen out of use almost everywhere else. As the author says, 'this book has to be how as well as wow.' -
The Baroness: The search for Nica, the rebellious Rothschild
£9.99 Buy A Rothschild by birth and a Baroness by marriage, beautiful, spirited Pannonica - known as Nica - seemed to have it all: children, a handsome husband and a trust fund. But in the early 1950s she heard a piece by the jazz legend Thelonious Monk. The music overtook her like a magic spell, and she abandoned her marriage to go and find him. Arriving in New York, Nica was shunned by society but accepted by the musicians. They gave her friendship: she gave them material and emotional support. Hannah Rothschild’s search to solve the mystery of her rebellious great aunt draws on their long friendship and years of meticulous research and interviews. It is part musical odyssey, part dazzling love story.
