Chatsworth: Its gardens and the people who made them

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With a passionate knowledge of the garden and landscape, Alan Titchmarsh goes on a personal journey of discovery into the history of one of Britain's finest and most visited stately homes Discover Jane Austen's real-life inspiration for Darcy's Pemberley. Follow Alan into Chatsworth's irresistible world of visionaries, pioneers, heroes, villains and English eccentrics, and celebrate the men and women who have shaped the history of the estate over five centuries. With his passionate knowledge of both the house and gardens, as well as his long-established relationship with the Cavendish family, Alan is the perfect guide with whom to explore the Palace of the Peaks. Featuring stunning, specially commissioned photography of the gardens and parkland, alongside long-forgotten images and memorabilia newly unearthed in the estate archives, this vivid companion, crowded with character and colour, is a book to treasure and revisit over and over again.

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Alan Titchmarsh MBE is an English gardener, broadcaster and author of over 40 books, many of which have been bestsellers. He has twice been named Gardening Writer of the Year and for four successive years was voted Television Personality of the Year by the Garden Writers' Guild.