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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David S. D. JonesPublisher: Quiller Publishing Ltd Imprint: Quiller Publishing Ltd ISBN: 9781846892479ISBN 10: 1846892473 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 21 September 2017 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction The Land Agent The Game Department The Hunt Establishment The River Keeper The Park Keeper The Stables Staff The Chauffeur The Boatman The Lodge Keeper The Gardens The Home Farm The Forestry Department Itinerant Craftsmen The Rare and the Unusual The Estate Yard Team Country House Services Pay and Perks The Country Estate at Play The Country Estate in Wartime Bibliography IndexReviews`According to author David S D Jones, the golden age of the great country estates ran from the late 18th Century until the outbreak of World War 1... a period that provides the author with rich tales and a treasure trove of photographs that obviously took meticulous effort to find and collate. Together the words and pictures convey the true essence of life on these estates, which appear to have been run as independent, self-sufficient kingdoms with their own economy, their own rules and a formidable army of workers. ... This book is patently the work of a true countryman, and all the better for it.' Land & Business, CLA 'I, like many here in Britain, and for that matter, around the world, have a great interest (bordering on voyeuristic curiosity) for life in the Great Country Estates of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. Jones has extensively researched every facet of Estate outdoor life in those times and provides his readers with almost encyclopaedic detail of the type of people who filled these jobs, their extraordinarily difficult working conditions and their spartan living situations etched out on meagre wages. To support Jones's in-depth, dare I say almost all-encompassing text, the book is full of fascinating black and white period photos - many never published before.' Gary Creighton, British Country Sports I, like many here in Britain, and for that matter, around the world, have a great interest (bordering on voyeuristic curiosity) for life in the Great Country Estates of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. Jones has extensively researched every facet of Estate outdoor life in those times and provides his readers with almost encyclopaedic detail of the type of people who filled these jobs, their extraordinarily difficult working conditions and their spartan living situations etched out on meagre wages. To support Jones's in-depth, dare I say almost all-encompassing text, the book is full of fascinating black and white period photos - many never published before. Gary Creighton, British Country Sports; Author InformationDavid S. D. Jones has been an archivist and historian for the National Gamekeepers’ Organisation for over a decade. He is descended from a long line of outdoor servants employed on country estates throughout England and Wales and numbers amongst his ancestors and relatives gamekeepers; hunt servants; gardeners; grooms; woodmen; farm workers; land agents and more. He owns the Gamekeeping Photographic Archive and the David S. D. Jones Photographic Collection. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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