{"product_id":"private-splendor-great-families-at-home-9780865651708","title":"Private Splendor: Great Families at Home","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful volume explores eight European estates that  despite war  taxes  and the passage of time  have remained in the same families for centuries. The photographs are redolent in atmosphere and the text is revealing  due to the authors long friendships with the owners of these great houses. Offering an inside view of a highly refined way of life  Private Splendor reveals the secrets that kept these homes in private hands. The houses include Sevilles Casa de Pilatos  owned by Spains most illustrious grandee; Harewood House in Yorkshire  owned by a cousin of Queen Elizabeth; Germanys Schloss Regensburg  occupied by the flamboyant Princess Gloria von Thurn and Taxis; and the Palazzo Sachetti near Vatican City  whose enormous Sala dei Mapi is entirely frescoed by Francesco Salviati (15101563). This beautiful volume explores eight European estates that  despite war  taxes  and the passage of time  have remained in the same families for centuries. The photographs are redolent in atmosphere and the text is revealing  due to the authors long friendships with the owners of these great houses. Offering an inside view of a highly refined way of life  Private Splendor reveals the secrets that kept these homes in private hands. The houses include Sevilles Casa de Pilatos  owned by Spains most illustrious grandee; Harewood House in Yorkshire  owned by a cousin of Queen Elizabeth; Germanys Schloss Regensburg  occupied by the flamboyant Princess Gloria von Thurn and Taxis; and the Palazzo Sachetti near Vatican City  whose enormous Sala dei Mapi is entirely frescoed by Francesco Salviati (15101563).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647974072373,"sku":"ByrdShop_0865651701","price":69.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780865651708.jpg?v=1781700303","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/private-splendor-great-families-at-home-9780865651708","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}