Abandoned Mansions of Ireland II: More Portraits of Forgotten Stately Homes (2) - Couverture rigide

Blake, Tarquin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1848893221 ISBN 13 : 9781848893221

Editeur : The Collins Press, 2017

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Following the success of Abandoned Mansions of Ireland, Tarquin Blake documents the crumbling ruins of more forgotten stately homes, such as Elsinore House in County Sligo, where a childhood ghostly encounter inspired a lifelong fascination with the paranormal in W. B. Yeats. The Great Famine triggered a change of fortune for Ireland's landlords: starving, penniless tenants could no longer pay rent and the landowners luxurious lifestyles went into decline. Later, the Land Acts transferred land into the ownership of tenant farmers and, with their rental income removed, many landlords locked up and left, never to return. Others frittered away the family fortune trying to maintain a luxurious lifestyle. During the War of Independence and Civil War, country houses became a target for the IRA and many were burned. For the remainder of the twentieth century, the increasing expense of maintenance made these opulent houses unviable and hundreds fell into hopeless dereliction. Beautiful, haunting images accompany the histories of the houses and their occupants, to tell a fascinating story of troubled times and private hardships.

Revue de presse :

This book really is a thing of rare beauty ... and if you are a writer I dare you not to find inspiration for your own stories from the photographs. --Barbara Scully, Writing.ie

Captures a brooding beauty or evokes nostalgia with interiors that hint at the hubris of opulent decoration. --Books Ireland

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: The Collins Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1848893221
• ISBN 13: 9781848893221
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 348