Book Review: Great Houses, Modern Aristocrats

This fall the book market has been flooded with gorgeous interior design and coffee table books. Released yesterday, Great Houses, Modern Aristocrats by James Reginato certainly lands at the top of the list. Each page celebrates the beauty and opulence of some of the most remarkable and finest homes in England and Ireland, along with the fascinating stories and histories of the leading aristocratic bloodlines that call these residences home.

Any great interior design loving Anglophile is keenly aware of the history of manor homes in England. A grand home there often becomes inherited, one patriarch to the next, occupied by the same family for centuries. During those years stories develop, scandals arise, the economic make up of a country changes, and all of that sticks to the walls, so to speak. In Great Houses, Modern Aristocrats, almost as if on a docent led tour, James Reginato peels back these remarkable stories, layer by layer. 

Stunning photography by principal photographer Jonathan Becker, captures these homes and their owners, many of which are being photographed for the first time. Let's take a little peek:

Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England

Photo Copyright Jonathan Becker as published in GREAT HOUSES, MODERN ARISTOCRATS by Rizzoli USA

Dudley House, London England

Photo Copyright Jonathan Becker as published in GREAT HOUSES, MODERN ARISTOCRATS by Rizzoli USA

Luggala County Wicklow, Ireland

Photo Copyright Jonathan Becker as published in GREAT HOUSES, MODERN ARISTOCRATS by Rizzoli USA

Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England 

Photo Copyright Jonathan Becker as published in GREAT HOUSES, MODERN ARISTOCRATS by Rizzoli USA

Luggala County Wicklow, Ireland

Photo Copyright Jonathan Becker as published in GREAT HOUSES, MODERN ARISTOCRATS by Rizzoli USA

Gorgeous, right? I promise page after page Great Houses, Modern Aristocrats satiates not only the interior designer in all of us, but provides something for the Anglophile and historian among us, too! Take a closer look, and grab your copy here: