Aristocrats

The Illustrated Companion to the Television Series

This is Tillyard's account of the four 18th-century Lennox sisters, great-grandchildren of Charles II. All married prominent men (among them John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough) and were well known in their lifetime. But their less public lives: secret marriages, love affairs, and feuds are also given due attention by the author. This is an exquisitely illustrated and unabashedly frank family history

Editions of Aristocrats

ISBN

9780297825050

Binding/Format

Hardcover

Publisher

Sterling Pub Co Inc

Date

1999

Price

$1.00

Used, Very Good

Publisher Notes

A rich social history of the eighteenth century that accompanies a BBC TV series, here is the story of four sisters as threads in the tapestry of a grand era. The daughters of the Second Duke and Duchess of Richmond lived in magnificence as mistresses of some of the most splendid houses in England and Ireland through turbulent times, from the Jacobite Rebellion to the French Revolution. Photographs reveal the spectacular treasure trove of houses, furniture, objects, and paintings that they commissioned, while stills taken on the location of the TV drama show the actors in their settings and costumes. A historian and best-selling author takes you deep into their opinions, tastes, and habits, describing everything from how and where they bought their furniture and found their gardeners to the details of their lifestyle. A beautiful introduction to a majestic world.

Media Reviews

"Ms. Tillyard has devised a form of history in which character has the depth of fiction. Her extraordinary alertness to implicit stories in the letters and documents makes her book compulsively readable...."

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