Stephanie L. Barczewski Bücher

An exploration of the evolution of the quintessentially English country house.

Assesses the economic and cultural links between country houses and the empire between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries -- .

Recounts the personal stories of ten Titanic victims, including Captain Edward Smith, builder Thomas Andrews, wealthy John Jacob Astor, and bandmaster William Hartley, in a volume that traces their careers and the events that brought them on board.