Heritage

A fascinating, erudite, engaging — and much needed — book. * Neil MacGregor *
Compelling and thought-provoking, this book not only explores how Britain’s rich and diverse heritage has been conserved (and in some cases destroyed) in the past, but offers a ray of hope for its future – Tracy Borman
[A] huge, energetic and tightly written tome on the two-and-half-century history of conservation battles in our homeland… A masterful, dynamic and extremely readable survey of one the major issues of our times. Or all times * Literary Review *
It not only covers the conservation and protection of our buildings and landscapes, but also the wider cultural aspects * This England *

PRAISE FOR JAMES STOURTON:

‘Richly detailed, colourful and astute and it moves at a cracking pace… A resplendent biography’ The Sunday Times.

‘The deft weaving of architectural, social and contemporary history will reveal unexpected pleasures’ Art Quarterly.

‘This lavishly illustrated compendium suggests that the age of elegance endures’ Mail on Sunday.

‘Wonderfully learned, gossipy and instructive… The historical research is formidable… Witty, informative and endlessly fascinating’

James Stourton is a British art historian, a former Chairman of Sotheby’s UK and the author of Great Houses of London, British Embassies, and the authorized biography of Kenneth Clark. Stourton frequently lectures to Cambridge University History of Art Faculty, Sotheby’s Institute of Education and The Art Fund, and is a senior fellow of the Institute of Historical Research. He also sits on the Heritage Memorial Fund, a government panel which meets to decide what constitutes heritage and should be saved for the nation.

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