Peacocks in paradise : the story of a house, its owners and the Elysium they established there, in the mountains of Wales, in the 18th century / by Elisabeth Inglis-Jones.

Main entry:

Inglis-Jones, Elisabeth, author.

Title & Author:

Peacocks in paradise : the story of a house, its owners and the Elysium they established there, in the mountains of Wales, in the 18th century / by Elisabeth Inglis-Jones.

Publication:

London : Faber and Faber, [1950]

Description:

255 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (1 color), portraits ; 23 cm

Notes:
"First published in mcml."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-250).

Summary:

This is a biography of an 18th-century country house and of the man who tamed the wild hills of west Wales to create a Roman idyll there. We live, said Thomas Johnes of Hafod, like peacocks in paradise. Thomas Johnes's rebuilding of the original mansion at Hafod with its Nash enlargement, his schemes for road-making and planting of three million trees, his advanced farming and horticultural methods, his printing press, library collection and exquisite furnishings, his extravagant entertainment of his guests led to inevitable financial ruin. Tragically he had to watch his vision fade and see his treasure taken away.

Subject:

Jones, Thomas, 1758-1816.
Johns family.
Hafod Estate (Ceredigion, Wales)
Hafod (Wales)
Wales Ceredigion Hafod Estate

Holdings:

Location: Library main 144284
Call No.: ID:87-B18639
Status: Available

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