John Goodall is the architecture editor of the weekly magazine Country Life.
Winner of the Large Format Illustrated Book of the Year Award
for the 2011 Spear's Book Awards, in association with City Private
Bank
*Spear's Book Awards / City Private Bank*
“Impressive . . . a grand narrative . . . [with] a splendid
selection of color photographs . . . Definitive.”—David R. Conn,
Library Journal
*Library Journal*
“[This] book is not only handsome, but reassuringly substantial . .
. informed and thoughtful . . . lavishly illustrated . . . [and]
fascinating.”—Stephen Brumwell, Wall Street Journal
*Wall Street Journal*
". . . this new volume by Goodall will be an indispensable
reference and should be added to every library collection. It is a
gorgeously produced book . . . written throughout in an accessible
style. . . . Essential."—L. Nees, Choice
*Choice*
“This is the best kind of art and architecture book.”—Wall Street
Journal (selection as a best nonfiction book of 2011)
*Wall Street Journal*
Shortlisted for the William M. B. Berger Prize for British Art
History, as given by the Berger Collection Educational Trust and
The British Art Journal
*Berger Collection Educational Trust and The British Art Journal
*
“One could not ask for a better guide . . . Goodall is a fine,
efficient storyteller. He deftly creates scene after scene in
English political and castle history.”—Daniel Taylor, Books
and Culture
*Books and Culture*
Winner of the 2013 Historians of British Art Book Prize in
the Pre-1800 category, given by the Historians of British Art.
*Historians of British Art*
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