The National Trust: The First Hundred Years - Hardcover

Waterson, Merlin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0563370661 ISBN 13: 9780563370666

Publisher: Bbc Pubns, 1995

Synopsis

This volume commemorates the centenary of the founding of the National Trust and highlights the work of current conservationists within the organization. It recounts the growth of the Trust from its earliest days and explores the complex issues affecting conservation and restoration.

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From Library Journal

Created for, and committed to, the preservation of landscape and architecture in Great Britain, the National Trust is perhaps the most widely respected conservation organization in Europe. This book, written to celebrate its founding and Centenary Jubilee, is a well-researched, well-written description of the people and purposes behind the effort to assure the preservation of historic places and natural beauty. The account of the work begun by Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter, and Hardwicke Rawnsley?laudable and, eventually, enormously successful?is also an account of egos and images, passion and politicking. From the Welsh clifflands of Dinas Oleu to the Stanley Spencer murals at Sandham; from the Grinling Gibbons carvings at Petworth to the vast farmlands of Upper Wharfedale, the trust has been vital to preserving, protecting, and restoring a lifeline that binds the past to the future. A fitting tribute and a fascinating study, this work should be of interest to social historians, art scholars, and those with any interest in historic preservation and restoration.?Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Museum of Art Lib., New York
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

For a certain breed of American tourist (particularly the gardener or the history buff), an encounter with a property restored and maintained by the National Trust will often be the high point of a British vacation. This highly readable account details the development of the venerable organization, presenting vivid portrayals of prominent individuals associated with its early days (including Beatrix Potter and John Ruskin) and contemporary figures responsible for the remarkable growth in recent years. Sure to delight Anglophiles, Waterson celebrates the 100-year anniversary by also chronicling the impressive scope of the trust, which now supports more than a half-million acres of land (verdant pasturelands to rugged moors) and more than 500 miles of pristine coastline, as well as many grand country houses with stately pedigrees, luxurious interiors, and heavenly landscaped gardens. Alice Joyce

About this edition

• Publisher: Bbc Pubns
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0563370661
• ISBN 13: 9780563370666
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288