{"product_id":"highland-retreats-isbn-9780847844760","title":"Highland Retreats","description":"Featuring breathtaking photographs of some of Scotland’s most remarkable and little-known houses, this book tells the story of how incomers adopted the North of Scotland as a recreational paradise and left an astonishing legacy of architecture and decoration inspired by the romanticized image of the Highlands.  Known as shooting lodges because they were designed principally to accommodate the parties of guests that flocked north for the annual sporting season, these houses range from Picturesque \u003ci\u003ecottages ornées\u003c\/i\u003e and Scotch Baronial castles to Arts and Crafts mansions and modern eco-lodges. While their designs respond to some of Britain’s wildest and most stirring landscapes, inside many were equipped with the latest domestic technology and boasted opulent decoration and furnishings from the smartest London and Parisian firms.  A good number survive little altered in their original state, and some are still owned by descendants of the families that built them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImages from the famous \u003ci\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/i\u003e Picture Library and specially commissioned photographs evoke the dramatic settings and arresting detail of these houses, making the book as appealing to decorators and architectural historians as it is to travelers and sportsmen.\u003cb\u003eMary Miers\u003c\/b\u003e commutes between her home in the Scottish Highlands and England, where she works as the Fine Arts and Books Editor for \u003ci\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. Her books include: '\u003ci\u003eThe English Country House\u003c\/i\u003e’ (Rizzoli); '\u003ci\u003eHighlands and Islands; an anthology of poetry of place\u003c\/i\u003e’ (Eland); and '\u003ci\u003eThe Western Seaboard; an illustrated architectural guide\u003c\/i\u003e’ (Rutland Press). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe late \u003cb\u003ePaul Barker \u003c\/b\u003ewas one of England’s premier interior and architectural photographers, whose books included \u003ci\u003eEnglish Country House Interiors\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Drawing Room\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEnglish Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Rizzoli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304509395173,"sku":"NP9780847844760","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780847844760.jpg?v=1767729048","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/highland-retreats-isbn-9780847844760","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}