Life in an Eighteenth Century Country House

by Peter Hammond and Carolyn Hammond

Grove House and its extensive estate in Chiswick were owned in the eighteenth century by Humphrey Morice, a not very successful politician and an animal lover. The story of the house has been reconstructed by Carolyn and Peter Hammond who have studied the country home for almost a decade. A wealth of period detail comes from the rare survival of letters written by the head groom to the lord of the house while he was in Italy for his health. They are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445608650
• ISBN13: 9781445608655
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"