No Voice from the Hall: Early Memories of a Country House Snooper

London: John Murray, 1998. Hardcover. VG/VG, some shelf wear, markings from previous owner on front flyleaf, otherwise clean.. Peach covers with gilt lettering. Illustrated dust jacket. 242 pp. Illustrations in B&W. "No Voice from the Hall recounts an odyssey through country houses in the years following the last war. Most had been requisitioned by the armed forces and, when de-requisitioned, were left to stand empty awaiting their owners' return. It was then, as a novice fisherman introduced to lakes and rivers by his uncle Sid, that John Harris first discovered country houses. While fishing he would catch sight of a classical portico or gothic temple across the park and it was not long before he was exploring them." Autobiography of an aspiring architectural historian. (Inventory #: 177847)