Kenneth Ray Stubbs is the author of Erotic Passions, Erotic Massage, and Secret Sexual Positions. A certified masseur, he has taught numerous courses on sensuality and sexuality for couples. His self-published sexual guides have sold more than a half-million copies.
This is a really splendid book and a first-rate contribution not only to the study of architecture in Tudor and Stuart England but to the cultural history of the period in general. Famously this era witnessed the 'rise of the gentry', in numbers, economic status and political influence. This rapidly emerging and increasingly prosperous group proclaimed their status in new manor houses, villas and towns houses which sprang up all over the country, combining traditional vernacular features with the latest Renaissance styles. Cooper consistently relates the patterns of building to the wider processes of social change which underpinned them; he deals with much that has been little discussed before; and the whole text is magnificently illustrated. This is very well worth the price. (Kirkus UK)