Flights of Fancy – Follies, Families and Demesnes in Offaly
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Flights of Fancy – Follies, Families and Demesnes in Offaly
Rachel McKenna has presented us with a detailed context that is as impressively wide as it is carefully researched (Designed
landscapes and country houses of all sizes are described together with the social histories of the people who built, lived in and
enjoyed them. (The depth of scholarship is impressive and the richness, quality and variety of the illustrations equally so.
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Flights of Fancy – Follies, Families and Demesnes in Offaly. Rachel McKenna
Rachel McKenna has presented us with a detailed context that is as impressively wide as it is carefully researched (Designed
landscapes and country houses of all sizes are described together with the social histories of the people who built, lived in and
enjoyed them. (The depth of scholarship is impressive and the richness, quality and variety of the illustrations equally so.
Beautiful – contemporary photographs take their place alongside historic prints and old maps, archive photographs, measured
drawings and the author’s own delightful sketches and watercolours’.
She ‘has left no stone unturned in her insatiable quest to identity, describe and illustrate the built heritage contained within the
country house demesnes of County Offaly. This amounts to a substantial heritage and this equally substantial book now takes
fight to share it with a wider audience.
James Howley, architect and author
Additional information
Weight | 2.5 kg |
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Dimensions | 30 × 30 × 3 cm |