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To finish this walk amongst the stars, the decorator David Hicks, father of India and descendant of Lord Mountbatten, has known for years a success on both sides of the Channel. He has invented a very personal style and has also opened a store on the Rue de Tournon in Paris. Throughout the pages, he takes us to the discovery of these Irish «Old mansions» abandoned in their hauntingly beautiful manner, in the heart of their family histories. In Ireland, you should know that the term «Big house» is easily used for a castle ... David Hicks revives the exciting details of the lifestyle of the late 19th and the early 20th century. His book speaks with such great authenticity that it is a living call for the restoration of these sublime ruins.
Let yourself be driven with delight by this aesthete in this world of noble elegance forever gone.
« Irish Country Houses - A chronicle of Change » David Hicks
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