Thurnby Court - The Story of an extravagant but short-lived Leicestershire Mansion

The new and enlarged edition of

author Brian Screaton's book

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priced just £12.95 (+£2.95 p&p)
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Thurnby Court was a lavish and ostentatious mansion built for a wealthy American, James Alexander Jackson, in the east Leicestershire village of Thurnby. His immense house was completed in about 1870, boasting its own gas works, underground stables, and indoor bathing pool. However it lasted less than 50 years before being demolished by dynamite during the First World War. In its latter years it was the subject of courtroom battles and nearly became a First World War prison camp.

Since the publication of the original book in 2016 a host of new information has been unearthed - so this new edition has an extra 20 pages in the form of an Addendum.

For those who already possess a copy of previous editions it will be possible to download the Addendum separately at a cost of £4.95. Details of how to do this are shown below.

To see a short extract of the Addendum in the format used for downloading click/tap HERE

Views of the grandiose Thurnby Court

This is the only comprehensive history of the long vanished Thurnby Court and is published about 100 years after the house disappeared from the landscape for ever. The author has traced the history of both the house and the Jackson family and has woven it into a fascinating story of one of the lesser-known lost country houses of Leicestershire.

Here is some feedback from previous editions of the book:-

"well written and fascinating"
"A super read – I thoroughly enjoyed it"
"well researched and produced"
"very accessible as well as entertaining"

and from Mr Leicester, Leicester Mercury, 15/2/17

“truly fascinating – unputdownable"

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To order the NEW edition of the book
priced just £12.95 + £2.95 p&p (UK only)

The few remaining copies of the book are available from the author on Ebay. Visit his online shop HERE

If you wish to order for delivery OUTSIDE the UK please contact the author FIRST for further instructions (see below).

Similarly if you wish to purchase more than one copy please contact the author FIRST (see below) to obtain a price including postage.

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To DOWNLOAD just the 24 page Addendum to the new edition
(priced just £4.95) onto your computer/laptop as a PDF file

If you purchased an earlier edition, you can just buy and download the Addendum featured in the latest edition which documents a considerable amount of new information that has come to light since the original edition. You can then read it on screen or you can print it out after downloading.

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