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Hampton Court Palace

2005 Architecture
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Release : 2005
Genre : Architecture
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Book Synopsis Hampton Court Palace by : Lucy Worsley

Download or read book Hampton Court Palace written by Lucy Worsley. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worsley and Souden's book tells the story of one of the finest palaces in Europe, covering the original buildings of Henry VIII's reign and the baroque additions by Sir Christopher Wren, as well as the famous Gardens. It also reveals details of palace life for both the monarchy and those 'below stairs'.

Hampton Court

2003 Architecture
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Release : 2003
Genre : Architecture
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Book Synopsis Hampton Court by : Simon Thurley

Download or read book Hampton Court written by Simon Thurley. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book takes as its starting point the argument that the only way to understand fully a building such as Hampton Court is to set it in the political and social context of its time and to explore the lives and motivations of its builders. The picture that emerges is on the one hand intensely personal - one of architects and builders fulfilling the whims of kings and princes. On the other hand, it is bureaucratic: Hampton Court is revealed first as the royal household, then as a palace claimed by grace-and-favour residents and finally, by visitors and tourists as their own. The history of the building is taken right up to the beginning of the twenty-first century. The twentieth-century story of Hampton Court is one of conservation and of changing attitudes towards opening up the complex to the public - it covers everything from the agonising discussions as to whether to build public lavatories to an account of the private enterprise that caused an octogenarian to make a personal fortune out of opening the maze to the public. It includes also the story of the terrible fire of 1986 and its aftermath. Social history and architectural history sit side by side in this intriguing account. New and important attributions are made to the architects Hugh May, Nicholas Hawksmoor, William Talman, Colen Campbell and Edward Blore amongst others. Moreover, the palace and its setting are placed in their European context and their long-term architectural significance is gauged. The book is lavishly illustrated with original paintings, prints and drawings, while a specially commissioned suite of plans and reconstructions reveals the evolving form of the buildings.

The Story of Hampton Court Palace

2015 Palaces
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Release : 2015
Genre : Palaces
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Book Synopsis The Story of Hampton Court Palace by : David Souden

Download or read book The Story of Hampton Court Palace written by David Souden. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hampton Court Palace, to the south-west of London, is one of the most famous and magnificent buildings in Britain. The original palace was begun by Cardinal Wolsey, but it soon attracted the attention of his Tudor king and became the centre of royal and political life for the next 200 years. In this new, lavishly illustrated history, the stories of the people who have inhabited the palace over the last five centuries take centre stage. Here Henry VIII and most of his six wives held court, Shakespeare and his players performed, and Charles I escaped arrest after his defeat in the Civil War. William III and Mary II introduced French court etiquette, and Georgian kings and princes argued violently amid the splendid interiors. Alongside the royal residents, there have been equally fascinating characters among courtiers and servants. Queen Victoria opened the palace to the public in the nineteenth century, and since then millions of visitors have been drawn to Hampton Court by its grandeur, its beauty and the many intriguing stories of those great and small who once lived here.

All the King's Cooks

2011-05-01 Social Science
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Release : 2011-05-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis All the King's Cooks by : Peter Brears

Download or read book All the King's Cooks written by Peter Brears. This book was released on 2011-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The massive kitchens at Hampton Court were built to supply the entire household of Henry VIII. They were the first professional kitchens organised on such a scale. Brears provides a practical guide to their running, dispelling many of the misconceptions about the cooking and eating of meals in Tudor England. Including authentic recipes from the period, adapted for modern kitchens, such as Chicken Farced and Smothered Rabbit and White Leach (a form of cool jelly), All the King's Cooks is fully illustrated with colour photographs recreating the life of the kitchens. With the author's own detailed drawings, no other book gets so close to the sights, sounds and smells of the Tudor kitchen.

Hampton Court Palace

2001-04 Royal households
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Release : 2001-04
Genre : Royal households
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Book Synopsis Hampton Court Palace by : Matthew Sturgis

Download or read book Hampton Court Palace written by Matthew Sturgis. This book was released on 2001-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linked to a television series, this book interweaves the history, architecture and art of four centuries of Hampton Court Palace with personal accounts by members of its present staff. Created by Henry VIII, the palace was extended and altered by William and Mary, Anne and the Georges.

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