Aristocrats: The Illustrated Companion; Author: Tillyard, Stella; Author: Tillyard, S. K.; Hardback; Book

Author: Tillyard, Stella; Author: Tillyard, S. K.
Hardback; Book; Illustrations
208 pages
Published: March 1999
Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 0297825054

A rich social history of the eighteenth century that accompanies a BBC TV series, here is the story of four sisters as threads in the tapestry of a grand era. The daughters of the Second Duke and Duchess of Richmond lived in magnificence as mistresses of some of the most splendid houses in England and Ireland through turbulent times, from the Jacobite Rebellion to the French Revolution.Photographs reveal the spectacular treasure trove of houses, furniture, objects, and paintings that they had commissioned, while stills taken on the location of the TV drama show the actors in their settings and costumes. A historian and best-selling author takes you deep into their opinions, tastes, and habits, describing everything from how and where they bought their furniture and found their gIllustrated edition of the bestselling book published to tie-in with the screening of an eight-million pound budget, six part, drama series. Illustrated edition of the bestselling book published to tie-in with the screening of an eight-million pound budget, six part, drama series.When Lady Caroline Lennox ran away with the ambitious politician Henry Fox in 1744, she had no idea that the elopement marked the beginning of a family drama in which she and her three sisters tried to achieve happiness in an often hostile world.