{"product_id":"the-big-house-9780007107100","title":"The Big House","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe highly praised biography of an archetypal great house and the family who lived there for over 250 years.The Big House' is the biography of a great country house and the lives of the Sykes family who lived there, with varying fates, for the next two hundred and fifty years. It is a fascinating social history set against the backdrop of a changing England, with a highly individual, pugnacious and self-determining cast, including: Old Tat' Sykes, said to be one of the great sights of Yorkshire (the author's great-great-great-grandfather), who wore 18th-century dress to the day of his death at ninety-one in 1861. His son was similarly eccentric, wearing eight coats that he discarded gradually throughout the day in order to keep his body temperature at a constant. He was forced to marry, aged forty-eight, eighteen-year-old Jessica Cavendish-Bentick  a lively and highly intelligent woman who relieved the boredom of her marriage by acquiring a string of lovers, writing novels and throwing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘An unusually entertaining, instructive and engaging book… this book is a treat.’ Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A meticulously researched labour of love.’ Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Romantic, accessible and absorbing…I cared passionately for every one of these people and wanted the book to continue indefinitely.’ Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Witty, absorbing and touching…a splendid book.’ Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48863798395223,"sku":"9780007107100","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780007107100.jpg?v=1722269073","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-big-house-9780007107100","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}