{"product_id":"glorious-goodwood-a-biography-of-englands-greatest-sporting-estate-9781472128249","title":"Glorious Goodwood: A Biography of England's Greatest Sporting Estate","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelightful Daily Mail (Book of the Year)  Goodwood curator James Peill writes with a wonderfully light touch . . . The Goodwood story is extraordinary and rightly celebrated Country Life  The history of Goodwood  Englands greatest sporting estate  Goodwood has been the home of English sport for centuries. The story of how a small hunting lodge became the iconic location for the globally-renowned Festival of Speed  Glorious Goodwood and Goodwood Revival events is inextricably intertwined with the tale of the Dukes of Richmond. The Dukes were  variously  patrons of the arts  political influencers  royal confidantes  architectural innovators  horticultural enthusiasts and stewards of the community. Above all  they were passionate about the sports for which Goodwood is best known: horseracing  motor sports  foxhunting  cricket  shooting and golf. Drawing upon the wealth of the Goodwood archives  James Peill vividly captures the character of each Duke  some radical and others staunchly traditional  and the wide-ranging impact they had on the Goodwood of today.  The broader context is a sweeping history of England  and one familys part in it. Beginning with Charles II and his mistress Louise de Keroualle  the parents of the first Duke  Glorious Goodwood takes the reader on a journey through time  from the seventeenth century to present day  via the Jacobite Rising  the Battle of Waterloo and the First and Second World Wars. There are cameo appearances from George Stubbs  Canaletto  Alexander  Emperor of Russia  Queen Victoria  Jackie Stewart and Edward VII  who famously hosted Privy Council meetings in the Tapestry Drawing Room during race week.  Glorious Goodwood is a vivid and intimate portrait of a house and its inhabitants set against a dazzling  panoramic backdrop of English history. At the heart of this colourful and compelling story is a rich sense of the British heritage Goodwood embodies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666401484853,"sku":"ByrdShop_1472128249","price":41.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781472128249.jpg?v=1782430528","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/glorious-goodwood-a-biography-of-englands-greatest-sporting-estate-9781472128249","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}