Adrian Tinniswood

From the bestselling author of The Long Weekend — a wild, sad and sometimes hilarious tour of the English country house after the Second World War, when Swinging London collided with aristocratic values. As the sun set slowly on the British Empire in the years after the Second World War, the nation's stately homes were in crisis. Tottering under the...

An elegant social and architectural history of the Guinness family. In winter 2025/26, the new Netflix epic House of Guinness, a saga of Europe's most enduring dynasties, will sweep into households around the world. In The Houses of Guinness, bestselling author Adrian Tinniswood explores the histories of the legendary Guinness family - brewers, philanthropists, socialites - through their mansions and...

The thoroughly entertaining prequel to Tinniswood's Sunday Times bestselling The Long Weekend opens the doors on the excess, intrigue and absurdities of life in the late Victorian and Edwardian country house. In the decades before the First World War, the owners of the nation's stately homes revelled in a golden age of glory and glamour. Nothing lay beyond their reach...

Adrian Tinniswood opens the doors on the excess, intrigue and absurdities of life in the late Victorian and Edwardian country house. 'Glamour, scholarship and superlative storytelling ... an enthralling read.' LUCY WORSLEY In the decades before the First World War, the owners of the nation's stately homes revelled in a golden age of glory and glamour. Nothing lay beyond their...