Waterside Living - Tapa dura

Many people dream of living by water - if not all year round, at least for part of the time. Lakeside, riverside and seaside settings can be soothing, liberating and energizing, providing the ideal environment in which to unwind or to be creative. This book is a beautiful and alluring evocation of this way of life, based on detailed descriptions of 20 waterside homes around the world - from a simple houseboat on the Seine in Paris to a classical Caribbean villa, from a log cabin in Maine to a penthouse overlooking Sydney Harbour.

Leslie Geddes-Brown, a former deputy editor of World of Interiors and Country Life, is one of Britain's leading writers on interiors and gardening. She is author of The Floral Home, Chelsea: the Greatest Flower Show on Earth and The Soft Furnishings Source Book (also published by RPS). She writes on houses and gardens for the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Times, You magazine, Town and Country and Country Life.