A Great Estate at Work: The Holkham estate and its inhabitants in the nineteenth century
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980, 2008. digitally printed version; paperback re-issue. Softcover. Crimson & illus. wraps, 289 pp., BW illus. VG. Item #150723
ISBN: 9780521080842
"The aim of the book is to show life and work on the Holkham estate, not only from the landlord's point of view, but also from that of the tenant farmer and cottager. Because the Holkham estate was among the richest in England and was by far the largest in Norfolk, it cannot be seen as in any way typifying estate life in nineteenth-century England, but it can give us a picture of the best, and show the standards that were being aimed at by many lesser, but improving estates." (back cover).
Price: $49.00