BURGHLEY HOUSE DVD TREASURE HOUSES OF BRITAIN PRESENTED BY SELINA SCOTT

BURGHLEY HOUSE\n\nTREASURE HOUSES OF BRITAIN\n\nPRESENTED BY SELINA SCOTT\n\nFactory Sealed\n\nPAL REGION FREE\n\n(This DVD will only work in the USA if you have a Multi Region DVD player) \n\n \n\n \n\nTHIS SERIES IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE FIVE OF BRITAIN\u2019S FINEST STATELY HOMES. THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT SOME OF THE WORLD\u2019S BEST-LOVED BUILDINGS, SPECTACULAR AS THEY ARE; IT IS ABOUT THE TREASURES WITHIN WHICH TELL A HUMAN STORY.\n\n \n\nIN THIS PROGRAMME SELINA SCOTT EXPLORES BURGHLEY HOUSE, LINCOLNSHIRE. THIS FABULOUS HOUSE WAS BUILT BY WILLIAM CECIL, LORD HIGH TREASURER TO ELIZABETH I, STARTING IN 1955. IT TOOK 32 YEARS. 450 YEARS LATER, BURGHLEY\u2019S STATE ROOMS ARE FILLED WITH TREASURES INCLUDING ONE OF THE FINEST COLLECTION OF 17TH CENTURY ITALIAN MASTERPIECES, AN EXCEPTIONAL DISPLAY OF ORIENTAL AND EUROPEAN CERAMICS, AND FINE FURNITURE \u2013 ALL GATHERED BY THE DIRECT DESCENDANTS OF THE MAN WHO SET OUT TO IMPRESS QUEEN ELIS