Life in the Country House: A Historical Dictionary by David N. Durant
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Life in the Country House
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This dictionary offers the key to objects and rituals connected with the British country house. For example, it explains what a tweenie was, where you would find a crinkum-crankum wall, what a chesterfield is, how a clock jack would improve your dinner, what priest-holes were, and other matters.
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GOR002756556
9780719550751
0719550750
Life in the Country House: A Historical Dictionary by David N. Durant
Used - Good
Hardback
John Murray Press
1996-09-12
342
N/A
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