{"product_id":"kensington-palace-9780300236538","title":"Kensington Palace","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This beautiful, easy to read, volume of history is a book anyone would love to own” —Wendy Lipke, \u003ci\u003eQueensland Reviewers Collective\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eKensington Palace\u003c\/i\u003e gathers a sumptuous array of photographs, sketches and oil paintings of the 300-year old stately building complex.” — Ian Thomson,\u003ci\u003e Evening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This compelling upstairs-downstairs history of the 'home for homeless royals' is lavishly illustrated with architectural drawings, state beds, artworks from the Royal Collection, and a near-psychedelic (for 1749) depiction of fireworks over the Thames at Whitehall.” — \u003ci\u003eApollo\u003c\/i\u003e, Off the Shelf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eKensington Palace: Art, Architecture and Society\u003c\/i\u003e is, as one would expect from a Yale University publication, an erudite account of the history and royal residents who have lived there” – Robert Golden, \u003ci\u003eMajesty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Kensington Palace: Art, Architecture and Society\u003c\/i\u003e, [. . .] is the first modern account of this remarkable, relatively little-known building. Generously produced, with chapters by Historic Royal Palaces curators, it is an intellectual counterpart to the opening up of the palace to its gardens in 2012” —\u003ci\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This handsome volume, written by curators (both past and present) of Historic Royal Palaces…helps to refurnish and repopulate the rooms while offering a comprehensive account of the palace and its residents.”—Jonny Yarker, \u003ci\u003eThe Burlington Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401550831959,"sku":"9780300236538","price":52.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780300236538.jpg?v=1730477773","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/kensington-palace-9780300236538","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}