The Country House Library

A book that seems long overdue. As the former longtime libraries curator for the National Trust, Purcell is singularly qualified to discuss these troves. -Adrian Higgins, Washington Post Magisterial (and beautifully illustrated) -David Jenkins, Tatler For those who love books and the libraries in which they are stored this book is an essential volume to own. -Social & Personal As a whole, this book is a tremendous achievement. - John Goodall, Country Life beautifully written, cogently argued and lavishly illustrated book -Jason McElligott, Irish Arts Review Included in the Irish Independent end of year list for 2017. boundlessly informative -David Ekserdjian, Evening Standard Its title is unassuming, but it constitutes, in fact, a significant contribution to the scholarly discipline of book history. -Alexandra Marracini, TLS the definitive account of the country house library in Britain and Ireland - Matthew Sanders, Ancient Monuments Society Newsletter beautifully produced and gorgeously, lavishly illustrated -Leah Galbraith, Fiction Fan blog And with 150 magnificent colour plates is it really only GBP45? Buy it quickly before the publishers notice their mistake. -Stephen Halliday, Times Higher Education Supplement This is a ground-breaking book [...] a cracking good read. - John Martin Robinson, Literary Review. [An] all-encompassing study -Jeremy Musson, Art Newspaper This book is the first major work to redress this imbalance and to put the contents of the library into its proper context -Robert L. Betteridge, EBS