Southern England: Discover Britain's Historic Houses - Hardback, Good

BOOK SUMMARY (SELLER)\nThis is a 192 page, 8 x 11 inch non-fiction hardback book about historic houses in Southern England by Simon Jenkins that was published in 2007 and is in Good condition overall.\nThere is a blister on the surface of the back cover. The inside pages are slightly faded but clearly readable and in good condition..\nBOOK SUMMARY (PUBLISHER)\n\nBritain has more historic houses, great and small, that are open to the public than anywhere else in the world. Stately homes, ruined castles and abbeys, merchants' mansions, peasant cottages - the stories of such buildings and their occupants, past and present, add up to an extraordinary record of our history.\nAuthor Simon Jenkins is a leading writer on this rich heritage. Here we present his vision of the 83 most impressive or interesting dwellings to be seen in Dorset, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Wiltshire - from majestic Kingston Lacy to Jane Austen's house in Chawton, from the eclectic royal palac.