Julia Abel Smith
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Julia Abel Smith has a degree in History of Art from Cambridge University. She has worked for Art UK and The Landmark Trust. While researching the history of one of the Trust’s follies, The Pineapple at Dunmore, she discovered Lady Augusta and was captivated. Julia has written for Country Life and House & Garden magazines and the author of Augusta’s entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. She lives in Essex