Stella & Rose's Books

Front cover

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• 1. Introduction: The Donors' Lunch
• 2. The Publican and the Masked Ladies - Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, Bill Stickers and Red Biddy
• 3. The Editor and the Statesman - Christopher Hussey and Scotney Castle; Philip, 11th Marquess of Lothian and Blickling
• 4. The Diarist - James Lees-Milne and teh County Houses Scheme
• 5. The Agents - Cubby Acland, Michael Trinick and Gull Rock
• 6. The 'Heir of Tailyie' - Mrs Dalyell and The House of The Binns
• 7. The Painter's Daughter and the Biographer - Lady Berwick and Attingham Park; Lady Mander and Wightwick Manor
• 8. The Plantsmen - Henry, 2nd Lord Aberconway and Bodnant; Graham Stuart Thomas
• 9. The Bankers - the Rothchilds at Wicken Fen and Waddesdon; Sir John Smith
• 10. The Mill Owner and the Woodlander - Alec Greg and Styal; John Workman and Ebworth
• 11. The Military Historian - Henry, 7th Marquess of Anglesey and Plas Newydd
• 12. The Actor - Philip Yorke and Erddig
• 13. The Squire - the Schoolmaster and Special Intelligence , Wyndham Ketton-Cremer and Felbrigg Hall; Mildred Cordeaux, Bill Smith and Sheringham Park
• 14. The Traitors - The Countess and Mr Bond, Nancy, Countess of Enniskillen and Florence Court; Walter MacGeough Bond and The Argory
• 15. The Grocer - Simon Sainsbury and the monument Trust
• 16. The Shellfish Merchant - Cyril Southerland and teh Isabel Deborah
• 17. The Ambassadors - Lady Labouchere and Dudmaston; Lord Bridges and Orford Ness
• 18. The Spiritualist and teh Volunteer - Edith Pretty, the Tranmers and Sutton Hoo
• 19. The French Hairdresser - Tyntesfield and a Public Appeal
• 20. The Rewards of Generosity
• Notes
• Timeline
• Select Bibliography
• Index