National Trust The Vyne Guidebook Clearance

The Vyne is an estate steeped in history: a Tudor powerhouse which hosted both Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, the country retreat of the Speaker of the House of Commons, whose wife dragged her descendants through the  courts, and the repository of beautiful objects gathered by a collector in 18th-century Italy.

It was also the happy home of a Victorian with ambitious plans and deep pockets, and a wartime haven for displaced children from Kent.

This guide is the beautifully illustrated story of a house in Hampshire at the centre of British history, told through the tales of its owners – through good times and bad.