Silver Chandelier

Chatsworth House

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March 20th 2005
Today we actually made it out of the house in time to go exploring. Helen and I sat off for the 450-year-old Chatsworth House (if you look at the map, it's east of Chesterfield and south of the "o" in Hassop) in Derbyshire. The house was recently used in the film Bride and Prejudice as Mr. Darcy's mansion, Pemberley, so if you see the movie you can say "I know someone who has been there!" ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more