This beautifully illustrated volume provides a detailed tour of Althorp House, one of Britain's greatest stately homes. With lavish descriptions of its architecture, furnishings, and art collections, as well as biographical sketches of its famous inhabitants, this sumptuous book offers a rare glimpse into the world of aristocratic privilege and cultural refinement in early 19th-century England.

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