The English HouseA fascinating new account of the history of the English house, from the country's preeminent architectural historian 'Diverting and illuminating' Guardian 'Cruickshank's enthusiasm for England's vernacular architecture shines through every infectious sentence of this glorious book A triumph.' The Times 'A mine of information presented in an effortlessly accessible style. Unlike many books that merely convey stories attached to buildings, this is

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of the twelfth month

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Britain's leading investigative biographer

he would not have been summoned to sit on the jury with the delightful Jane

drawn together by utopian dreams of remaking the world

Entire continents have been resettled

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DC Jack Laidlaw's reputation precedes him

to studying landscapes

World-famous volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer has worked at the crater's edge in the wildest places on Earth