Chatsworth, Arcadia, Now

Chatsworth, Arcadia, Now is about the most sumptuous book I’ve seen in a third of a century of book reviewing. It charts the story of sixteen generations of Cavendishes’ involvement with one of the two or three grandest and most beautiful houses in Britain – Andrew Roberts, author of GEORGE IIIJust about the most mouthwatering book produced this century… Gardens, landscapes, libraries, wild flower meadows, works of art, architecture… Bliss! – Alan Titchmarsh MBEThis glamorous, artistic book is a fitting tribute to a decade of renovation… One could say that the book is a collection piece in its own right… Breathtaking still-life studies underline the connections and contrasts between old and new… The sense of a great house with a vibrant past, present and a future is palpable – Jeremy Musson * Country Life *Anyone who cannot visit in person can now luxuriate in this astonishing book, with its brilliant photographs fabulously staged and daringly laid out… as glorious as the house itself – Clive Aslet * House & Garden *

John-Paul Stonard is an art historian and author. His books include Creation, German Divided and, as editor and contributor, The Books that Shaped Art History. He co-curated the 2014 exhibition Kenneth Clark- Looking for Civilisation at Tate Britain. His writing has appeared in the London Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement, the Guardian and The Burlington Magazine. He lives in Suffolk.

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