Beekman House | 1978 | Pdf | Eng | 0517261960 | 229 pag | 38.9 MB

Castles by Charles Oman
With 105 photographs and 76 illustrations

Surrounded by moats, graced with towers reaching towards the heavens, castles represent the ultimate in privacy, elegance, and power. Until now, the beauty and overwhelming strength of these magnificent structures seemed to embody an unexplorable, unexplainable, mysterious past. In this remarkable volume, C.W.C. Oman, a highly respected professor at Oxford University, opens the doors to 80 castles in England and Wales and shares his knowledge and experience with everyone. Tourists and armchair travelers alike who have long been enthralled by castles can now pass through the regal porticos to the bygone days of royal and baronial power and privilege. 

Whether this book is used as a guide book when traveling or as a guide book for daydreaming, the reader will find that Professor Oman has captured the romance, the luxury, and the history that reverberates through these old castles. Here one can learn who built each castle and how it passed down through some of the great names in history. Here are lucid explanations of how a site was selected and how changes in structure were made, reflecting changing ideals in architectural beauty and practicality