Ioan Codruț Lucinescu, Mihaela Teodor, „Din patrimoniul istoric și cultural național: Grădiștenii și Conacul de la Grădiștea (Însemnări monografice)”, Editura ANIMV, București, 2019, 130p Review by Bogdan Alexandru TEODOR

As the preface highlights the Historical and Cultural National Heritage: The Grădișteanu Family and Grădiștea Manor (Monograph Notes), signed by researchers Ioan Codruț Lucinescu and Teodor Mihaela, is “both as a scientific effort to revive the memory of historical buildings in the patrimony of the Romanian Intelligence Service, and as an editorial endeavour, this being the first book of the series of “Culture and Civilization” published by “Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy Publishing House”. The volume, an original initiative due to both the subject and the research, is dedicated to all those passionate on the national history through the subject addressed, the history of a building of public utility and a historical monument representative for the local cultural heritage. But the research isn’t only about presenting the past and present of the building, but it also had – and met – the goal of bringing into light the destiny of the Grădiștea Manor, being the witness of the last outbursts of Grădișteanu men’s nobility Grandomania.