Knebworth House
Home of the Lytton family since 1492
English Life Publications, 1971
Glossy Booklet, 23.5 * 18 cm, 28 pages, packed with b/w & colour photographs
Contents
Introduction
The Banqueting Hall
The White Drawing Room
The Library
The Staircase
Bulwer Lytton
The State Drawing Room
The Minstrels' Gallery
The Falkland Room
The Hampden Room
Mrs Bulwer-Lytton's Bedroom
The Queen Elizabeth Room
The Building of Knebworth
Victorian Knebworth
The Owners of Knebworth
The Lyttons and the Cobbolds
The Lyttons of Knebworth (Family Tree from Sir Robert Lytton (d 1505) to the present)
In addition to being a wonderful old mansion, with a great collection, and with royal connections, the house was the home of the 19th century author Bulwer Lytton. He wrote many novels including The Last Days of Pompeii. He was also a politician, and became Colonial Secretary in 1858, He was made Baron Lytton in 1866.
[The 1974 edition appears to be identical to the 1971 edition, apart from the addition of a junior name (Rosina Kim Lytton Cobbold) on the Lytton family tree.]