Inheritance : the story of Knole and the Sackvilles

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Label

Inheritance : the story of Knole and the Sackvilles

Title remainder

the story of Knole and the Sackvilles

Statement of responsibility

Robert Sackville-West

Creator

• Sackville-West, Robert

Subject

• Sackville family
• Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- Biography
• Knole (Sevenoaks, England) -- History
• Sevenoaks (England) -- Genealogy

Genre

• Biography
• Genealogy

Language

eng

Summary

Since its purchase in 1604 by Thomas Sackville, first Earl of Dorset, the house at Knole, Kent, has been inhabited by thirteen generations of the aristocratic Sackville family. Now owned by the National Trust, Knole is today visited by thousands annually. Here, drawing on a wealth of unpublished letters, archives, and images, the current incumbent of the seat, Robert Sackville-West, paints a vivid and intimate portrait of the vast, labyrinthine house and the relationships his colorful ancestors formed within it. It's a drama in which the house itself is a principal character, its fortunes often mirroring those of the family. Every detail holds a story: the portraits, and all the items the subjects of those portraits left behind, point to pivotal moments in history; all the rooms, and the objects that fill them, are freighted with an emotional significance handed down from generation to generation.--From publisher description

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

929.7/2

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

DA690.K7

LC item number

S28 2010

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography