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The Author Cecil, David The Title The Cecils of Hatfield House Binding Hardback with dust wrapper. The condition of the Book Very Near Fine The condition of the wrapper Near Fine Edition First Edition Publisher Constable 1973 ISBN 0094562105 / 9780094562103 The Illustrations or Illustrator Illustrated with 32 pages of colour plates and 120 mono photos, reproduction artworks, facsimile documents, etc. Our reference number 458018 A history of both house and family, divided into three parts, beginning with the founder and original builders, Queen Elizabeth's stalwart William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, and his son Robert, first Earl of Salisbury. The second part traces the history through the next 200 years, and the third covers the late Victorian and Edwardian periods when the 3rd Marquess, Prime Minister for 14 years and one of the greatest and most enigmatic statesmen of all time, was in the ascendant. The author, a direct descendant of William Cecil, the great Lord Burleigh, who built Hatfield, vividly portrays his ancestors, his family history, and that of the house itself.
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