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Dall'autore del bestseller The Long Weekend: un tour selvaggio, triste e a volte esilarante della casa di campagna inglese dopo la seconda guerra mondiale, quando la Swinging London si scontrò con i valori aristocratici. "Assurdamente divertente" Observer "Brillante" Daily Telegraph "Rollicking" Sunday Times Mentre il sole tramontava lentamente sull'Impero britannico negli anni successivi alla seconda guerra mondiale, le dimore signorili della nazione erano in crisi. Barcollando sotto il peso delle tasse crescenti e di un crescente senso di non avere posto nella Gran Bretagna del ventesimo secolo, centinaia di mucchi di ancestrali furono smantellati e demoliti. Eppure - forse sorprendentemente - molte di queste grandi case sopravvissero, mentre duchi e duchesse si aggrappavano disperatamente ai loro seggi ancestrali e i balli degli inquilini lasciarono il posto a concerti rock, parchi safari e gite di un giorno. Dai Rolling Stones che facevano rock a Longleat a Christine Keeler che faceva rock a Cliveden, Noble Ambitions ci porta in un vivace tour di queste fatiscenti sale del potere. * Un libro dell'anno del Daily Telegraph * * Nella rosa dei candidati per il William MB Berger Prize per la storia dell'arte britannica *
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Adrian Tinniswood is professorial research fellow in history at the University of Buckingham, adjunct professor of history at Maynooth University and the author of many books on British history, including Behind the Throne and the Sunday Times bestseller The Long Weekend. He was awarded an OBE for services to heritage, and lives in the west of Ireland.
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