Tales from the Old Country Estates (Tales From The Countryside) By John Bailey

BRAND NEW SHOP STOCK may be slight wear around edges from shelf life; see photos Rip to the cover on the back page; right on the outer edge for approx 6cm down the page. Not overly noticeable; marked as used for fairness.\n\nTales from the Country Estates by John Bailey\n\nHardback.\nIn popular imagination, our great country estates are enchanted places, belonging to the real world and yet somehow removed from the humdrum of everyday life.  Behind the walls and parkland fencing of Britain's country estates demi-paradises can be found: great halls, cobbled stableyards, walled gardens, groves of ancient oaks, serene lakes and mellowed cottages, all nestling in a protected landscape without a towerblock or power station in sight.\nIt is probably best to regard the country estate almost as a self-contained village, and to fully understand what life was really like as part of the estate community we must listed to those who have spent their lives working in one of these special place.