Aristocrats

Four women born into the Lennox family, daughters of the Second Duke and Duchess of Richmond, are the focus of this group portrait of eighteenth-century English society. Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox moved through a world of grand estates, most notably in England and Ireland, and their lives unfold against upheaval: the Jacobite Rising of 1745 and the French Revolution that followed decades later.

The book follows the sisters as they run some of the period's most celebrated residences. It pays close attention to the furnishings, décor, art and everyday objects that filled these houses, and the illustrations show the buildings and their contents in detail. Together the text and pictures reconstruct the material culture of the aristocracy.

The volume was produced alongside the PBS television series of the same name, and it suits readers interested in social history, the lives of women in the Georgian era, and the country houses of Britain and Ireland.