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Haunted Heritage

JL;DR SUMMARY "Haunted Heritage" explores the unique place of Jewish country houses within British and European heritage, tracing their complex history through a lavishly detailed volume. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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European JewsCultural IdentityCultural HeritagePhotographyArchitectureBritish HistoryJewish Country HousesWaddesdon ManorRothschild

Places mentioned

Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
"A series of richly researched and elegantly argued case studies situate audiences on the meticulously landscaped grounds of Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, England;"
London, United Kingdom
"within the fantastical Strawberry Hill manse outside of London and the sun-swept precincts of Villa Krylos on the shores of the French Riviera;"
France
"within the fantastical Strawberry Hill manse outside of London and the sun-swept precincts of Villa Krylos on the shores of the French Riviera;"
Paris, France
"amid the towering Chteau de Ferrires outside of Paris."
Berlin, Germany
"What did Max Liebermanns villa on Lake Wannsee outside of Berlin have in common with Philip Sassoons Trent Park outside of London?"
Brno, Jihomoravský, Czechia
"Or the twentieth-century Villa Tugendhat in Brno with Ramsgate, Moses Montefiores nineteenth-century coastal redoubt?"
Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom
"Or the twentieth-century Villa Tugendhat in Brno with Ramsgate, Moses Montefiores nineteenth-century coastal redoubt?"
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