Ashcombe - the Story of a Fifteen-year Lease

"Cecil Beaton ... became an arbiter of style and fashion, an international figure in his own right. ... Above all he loved England and the English countryside, and central to that love was his discovery of Ashcombe, the mysterious house in the valley, which he leased for fifteen years. He never got over its loss, and this book celebrates his love for Ashcombe." -- Back cover.