Chatsworth: The House: The Duchess Of Devonshire

-- First illustrated book on Chatsworth - one of the top 10 most visited stately homes in England, attracting 450,000 people a year
-- The house that's frequently referred to as the English Versailles

Chatsworth is one of England's ten most visited great houses. It is also one of the best loved because, although it is a palace in size and grandeur, it is obviously a family home.

In this highly personal tour of the house, the present Duchess takes the reader into the private as well as the public rooms, and goes behind the scenes to explain the management of the household. Whether discussing the foibles of a duke or the workings of the drains, the difficulties of house-training a dog or of cleaning a priceless chandelier, she writes with an engaging mix of wit and wisdom.

This book is an entirely revised, updated and, for the first time, sumptuously illustrated version of the Duchess's previous book about the House, which became a bestseller when it was published in 1982. In the twenty years since then, Chatsworth has undergone many further changes and restorations, while research has brought to light new details about its past.

Illustrated with a wealth of archive pictures and over 200 newly commissioned color photographs, this book is an entertaining, informative and intimate portrait of one of England's most famous houses.