She is best known for her history of Madresfield Court , the English country house upon which Evelyn Waugh based his novel Brideshead Revisited .
Jane Mulvagh is an Irish - born journalist and social historian , specialising in British history .
Jane Mulvagh is best known for Jane Mulvagh 's history of Madresfield Court , the English country house upon which Evelyn Waugh based his novel Brideshead Revisited .
Jane Mulvagh is an Irish - born journalist and social historian , specialising in British history .