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The Gardens And The Land
Abrams
May 2009
On Sale: May 1, 2009
240 pages ISBN: 0810972905 EAN: 9780810972902 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California, was more than just
a country house, and many of its finest features were
outside, not inside. In Hearst's San Simeon: The Gardens and
the Land, the castle's official historian Victoria Kastner
takes readers on a time-traveling tour of the estate, from
the beginning of its construction to the present.
Featuring two spectacular swimming pools, 120 acres of
luxuriant gardens, and 450 square miles of pristine coastal
landscape, it's no wonder that the estate was named "La
Cuesta Encantada" (The Enchanted Hill). From the 1920s
through the 1940s, publisher William Randolph Hearst and
actress Marion Davies hosted the country's elite here,
encouraging them to enjoy the outdoors at "the ranch," which
Hearst created with the architect Julia Morgan. With
stunning photographs, original drawings, and lively
anecdotes, Hearst's San Simeon: The Gardens and the Land
tells the story of one of California's most beautiful and
unspoiled treasures.
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