Picture This: Beautiful houses holding a wealth of history

Jewish Country Houses by Juliet Carey and Abigail Green (Profile Editions £45, 352pp)

The gallery at Castello di Torre Alfina 

Palatial galleries (pictured right), refined drawing rooms and thrilling insights abound in this in-depth history of Jewish-owned country houses. There are the impressive homes of the Rothschilds, including the Chateau de Ferrieres in France, but also lesser known inclusions of the likes of Lady Waldegrave at Strawberry Hill House, London. This is an impressively researched and illustrated book.