London's lost interiors-discover famous homes of aristocrats, society figures and artists gone forever

"What these wildly different spaces have in common is that they are gone. Of all the buildings still standing, only one is occupied by the original family: Apsley House."

"Partly a museum, it is still home to the present duke, who contributes a not particularly illuminating foreword to this volume. Otherwise, most of the buildings and all the rooms have vanished."

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