Boughton: The House, Its People and Its Collections

by Richard Buccleuch

In this sumptuous portrait of the house known as 'the English Versailles', the Duke of Buccleuch sets the scene with a history of his ancestors, the Montagus of Boughton, who acquired the manor in Northamptonshire in the reign of Henry VIII.

Ralph, 1st Duke of Montagu (1638-1709), Charles II's envoy to Louis XIV, transformed Boughton into a palatial homage to French culture. His son John, the 2nd Duke, was noted for planting long avenues, a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 099575666X
• ISBN13: 9780995756663
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Bellendaine Books
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 2.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.5" x 9.4"