In this book with over 250 new, specially commissioned photographs, the reader will see how it's still possible to live like a prince or princess surrounded by liveried, turbaned assistants in opulent palaces, forts, and mansions that have been converted into hotels.
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In this book with over 250 new, specially commissioned photographs, the reader will see how it's still possible to live like a prince or princess surrounded by liveried, turbaned assistants in opulent palaces, forts, and mansions that have been converted into hotels.
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VG/VG (small bump to outer back corner) Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Red/yellow color-illus. dj with yellow lettering. Decorative end papers. 272 pp. with vivid color plates throughout. "Vivid colors, delicate stonework, and opulent décor are the trademarks of the palaces, forts, and mansions of India's maharajas. With their vast marble halls, jewel-box mirrored rooms, mosaics, and tapestries, these palaces present a veritable visual feast. In styles ranging from Art Deco to modern, from Indian folk style to English Colonial, the palaces of Rajasthan, dating from as early as AD 760 to as recently as the middle of the last century, are astonishingly innovative and modern. Many of the most luxurious of them have been converted to hotels. Lavishly illustrated with more than 250 specially commissioned photographs, India Sublime offers twenty-one of the most sumptuous palace hotels, displaying their interior decoration in great detail, as well as showing their pleasure pavilions, gardens, and pools. Now travelers-both real and armchair-can experience the lifestyles of the princes and princesses of old." With an introduction and helpful glossary. Beautiful!
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New. Vivid colors, delicate stonework, and opulent decor are the trademarks of the palaces, forts, and mansions of India's maharajas. With their vast marble halls, jewel-box mirrored rooms, mosaics, and tapestries, these palaces present a veritable visual feast. In styles ranging from Art Deco to modern, from Indian folk style to English Colonial, the palaces of Rajasthan, dating from as early as AD 760 to as recently as the middle of the last century, are astonishingly innovative and modern. Many of the most luxurious of them have been converted to hotels. Lavishly illustrated with more than 250 specially commissioned photographs, 'India Sublime' offers twenty-one of the most sumptuous palace hotels, displaying their interior decoration in great detail, as well as showing their pleasure pavilions, gardens, and pools. Now travelers-both real and armchair-can experience the lifestyles of the princes and princesses of old.
