HOLKHAM HALL DVD TREASURE HOUSES OF BRITAIN PRESENTED BY SELINA SCOTT

HOLKHAM HALL\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\nIN THIS PROGRAMME SELINA SCOTT TOURS HOLKHAM HALL, A PALLADIAN MASTERPIECE COMMISSIONED BY THOMAS COKE, FIRST EARL OF LEICESTER. IT TOOK OVER 30 YEARS TO BUILD. COKE SPENT SIX YEARS TOURING EUROPE. HE LOVED ITALY BEST. AND, WHEN HE RETURNED TO NORFOLK IN 1718 HE BROUGHT WITH HIM WORKS OF ART, STATUS, BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS THAT NOW FORM A UNIQUE COLLECTION. BUT HE HAD NOWHERE TO PUT THEM. SO, HE EMPLOYED THE ARCHITECT MATTHEW BRETTINGHAM TO BUILD A HOUSE WORTHY OF HIS NEW TREASURES. THE HS