The National Trust gratefully acknowledges a generous bequest from the late Mr and Mrs Kenneth Levy that has supported the cost of preparing this book.
This guide is based on earlier National Trust publications on the collection at Polesden Lacey by St John Gore, Christopher Rowell and Alastair Laing. The author would like to thank Amanda Bradley, Lucy Davis, Jonathan Marsh, Pieter van der Merwe, Scott Nethersole, Martin Postle, Katarina Robinson, David Taylor and the Polesden Lacey volunteers and house team for their generous help and advice.
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Text written by Dr John Chu. Edited by Sarah Wade.
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