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UK Holidays - Best Castles - England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales: The Essential Guide for Visiting and Enjoying
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List Price: $16.99
Our Price: $12.74
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Manufacturer: David & Charles
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 728.810941
EAN: 9780715323779
ISBN: 0715323776
Label: David & Charles
Manufacturer: David & Charles
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: 2006-10-10
Publisher: David & Charles
Studio: David & Charles
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The essential family guide to the best castles to visit in Britain and Ireland. Discover the fascinating history and outstanding architecture of over 100 castles, from romantic ruins to royal homes. Learn about the role castles played in history and what life inside them would really have been like. Find out about visitor attractions, from museum collections and manicured gardens to re-enactment events - to make the most of days out with the family.
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Summary: A Colorful Introduction to British Castles
Comment: This book, Best Castles, is, I thought, a congenial introduction to ye olde English, Scots & Wales fortresses. The small color photos are nice, and the text is concise & well-written, giving historical background. There are also in-depth pages on castle life at different times. I used this book to pick out some other British single-castle guidebooks from Amazon U.S. and U.K., such as Hever Castle (where Henry VIII & Ann Boleyn met) with its modern Tudor village.
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Summary: Lovely book
Comment: Gorgeous photos, nice descriptions, but too short & not detailed enough. It would also have helped to have had captions under the photos; I frequently couldn't tell what I was looking at. I also wished it were longer. Overall a worthwhile book if a little on the shallow side.
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Summary: Get a preview before you visit
Comment: I am a big fan of ruined castles. I like ancient, crumbling old buildings from times long past. There are many such castles in the British Isles, but there are also many more "modern" castles, built hundreds of years after the medieval period, filled with sumptuous carpets and luxurious wall coverings and such. I can see the allure of these castles for some people, but they do not hold the same wonder for me, and when I am paying a lot of money to visit a foreign country, I want to optimize my experience as much as possible.
This book is wonderful because it lets me do just that. Many guidebooks (I use the Let's Go and Rough Guides) do not differentiate between different kinds of castles, and offer a brief description of each one. It's hard to know what you're getting into before you actually arrive. With this book, you can get a preview of each castle, so you're never surprised. I mentioned my personal love of ruins, but this book is great for any taste, or just the curious.
The information on each structure is sparse, and much attention is paid to the glorious full color photographs. I never got the impression this book was trying to be the authority on castle information however, and I think it succeeds admirably at its chosen task. It is a good supplemental guidebook if you're interested in the topic.
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