About the Author

Michael Hall is a noted architectural historian and the Editor of Apollo magazine. A former Architectural Editor and Deputy Editor of Country Life, he is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, a trustee of Emery Walker's Arts and Crafts house and Chairman of the Victorian Society's activities committee. His books include Waddesdon Manor: The Heritage of a Rothschild House and two books for Aurum, The English Country House: From the Archives of Country Life and The Victorian Country House: From the Archives of Country Life.