The British country house has long been regarded as the jewel in the nation's heritage crown. But the country house is also an expression of wealth and power, a

This title assesses the economic and cultural links between country houses and the empire between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries.

With the abolition of the slave trade in 1807 and the Emancipation Act of 1833, Britain seemed to wash its hands of slavery. Not so, according to Marika Sherwoo

This is the story of a handful of men, led by Thomas Clarkson, who defied the slave trade and ignited the first great human rights movement. Beginning in 1788,

A gazetteer of the many fine Shropshire country houses, which covers the architecture, the owners' family history, and the social and economic circumstances tha