A fine clean copy of "Life in the English Country House", by Mark Girouard, first published by Yale University Press in 1978, this copy issued by Book Club Associates of London in 1979. Traces the evolution of the English country house from the Middle Ages up to the Early Twentieth Century, charting the manner in which changes in upper-class lifestyles were reflected in the houses in which the wealthy and powerful lived. Hard covers, large format, 344 pages, black and white and full colour illustrations, original dust jacket.