The 'Magnificent Castle' of Culzean and the Kennedy Family - Brossura

Moss, Michael S.

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ISBN 10: 074861723X ISBN 13: 9780748617234

Casa editrice: Edinburgh Univ Pr, 2002

Riassunto

Explore Culzean Castle with this book!Culzean Castle on the Ayrshire coast is the most visited property of the National Trust for Scotland. This lavishly illustrated book tells the whole history of the castle. Michael Moss has carried out extensive research, drawing on estate records, original plans and family correspondence to create a major new history of the castle and a fascinating account of the running of a Scottish country estate. With new pictures, many of them in colour, and an accessible style, this is essential reading for anyone interested in Scottish history and Scottish architecture.Built in the late sixteenth century above a network of caves, the castle became a centre for smuggling during the eighteenth century. Sir Thomas Kennedy, 9th Earl of Cassillis, went on an extended grand tour in the 1750s and returned full of ideas as to how to improve his vast estates and home. His brother and heir commissioned Robert Adam to create his masterpiece and became bankrupt as a result. The estat

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Michael Moss is Research Professor of Archival Studies at the University of Glasgow

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Book by Moss Michael

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• Editore: Edinburgh Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 074861723X
• ISBN 13: 9780748617234
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304