Cecil Ross Pinsent was responsible for the design and construction of new villas and gardens such as La Foce, and the renovation of historically sensitive ones, including Villa I Tatti, Villa Le Balze and Villa Medici. Edith Wharton sought his advice; Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson were inf[...]
This is an enlarged edition of the standard reference book, originally published in 1989. It is the major study of Hidcote, the world famous garden created by Lawrence Johnston, an American straight out the pages of Henry James. Now Ethne Clarke has collected much new and original material that fres[...]