Wimpole History Festival: Mark Purcell - The Country House Library

Sunday 24 June 2018
Grand Dining Room - Wimpole Estate
Perfect for anyone interested in country house life, the cultural history of Britain and Ireland, or the history of libraries over nearly two thousand years.

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Books, and the rooms that contained them, were fundamental to the intellectual, creative and social life of the country house. Libraries Curator for the National Trust and author of The Country House Library Mark Purcell will consider library acquisition, the process of designing library architecture, and the care (and neglect) of collections.
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10:30 - 11:30