The big house : the story of a country house and its family /

by Sykes, Christopher Simon.

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BookPublisher: London : Harper Perennial, 2005Description: viii, 420 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780007107100 (pbk.) :; 0007107102 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 920 SYKSubject(s): Sykes family | Sledmere House -- History | Biography | Biography | Wolds, The (England) -- Social life and customs | Wolds, The (England) -- BiographySummary: This is the biography of a great country house and the lives of the Sykes family who lived there. It is social history set against the backdrop of a changing England, with a highly individual, pugnacious and self-determining cast.

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Originally published: London: HarperCollins, 2004.

Bibliography: p. 405-407.

Includes index.

This is the biography of a great country house and the lives of the Sykes family who lived there. It is social history set against the backdrop of a changing England, with a highly individual, pugnacious and self-determining cast.

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