{"product_id":"statues-at-rousham-park","title":"Statues At Rousham Park","description":"\u003cp\u003eRousham and its landscape garden, located in rural Oxfordshire, is one of the few gardens of the first phase of English landscape design to have escaped alteration. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInformative and well-illustrated, \u003cem\u003eThe Statues at Rousham Park\u003c\/em\u003e describes how the retired General James Dormer, who inherited Rousham in 1738, completed Charles Bridgeman’s garden design with the help of William Kent, but reserved for himself the choice of statues and their placement. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaken together, the statues and busts, in both lead and stone, suggest an autobiographical portrait of Dormer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite the gardens at Rousham being a popular local attraction, a site of pilgrimage to students of William Kent, and the backdrop to world-famous television drama including the BBC’s recent adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s \u003cem\u003eThe Pursuit of Love\u003c\/em\u003e (2021), this is the first publication of its kind on its statues and their surrounding landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57314374648190,"sku":"NW9780955892349","price":20.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780955892349.jpg?v=1778688561","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/statues-at-rousham-park","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}