Castles of Scotland (Places and History)

by Cristina Gambaro (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2002

  $5.52

  Scottish castles rising mythically out of the morning mists against a backdrop of untamed mountainsides and beautiful lakes. History and architecture merge within the walls of these historic residences and stout fortresses, which today are the monuments of the Highland Celtic clan system * The Castles of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots * Linlithgow Palace * Stirling Castle * * Holyrood Palace * Edinburgh Castle * Liddesdale Hermitage * Campbell Castle * * Loch Leven Castle * Falkland Palace * Floors Castle * Abbotsford * * Hopetown House * Dalmeny House * Duns Castle * Thirlestane Castle * * Mellerstain House * Traquair House * Bothwell Castle * Drumlanrig Castle * * Caerlaverock Castle * Threave Castle * Inveraray Castle * Brodie Castle * * Culzean Castle * Urquhart Castle * Eilan Donan Castle * Earl Patrick's Castle * * Dunrobin Castle * Cawdor Castle * Braemar Castle * Blair Castle * Balmoral * * Dunvegan Castle * Fyvie Castle * Haddo House * Craigievar Castle * * Crathes Castle * Glamis Castle * Scone Palace * Drummond Castle * Places and History: celebrating the world's most beautiful cities and its most fascinating and exotic regions. Celebrating their historic and cultural importance, and their natural beauty. The history of each location is shown in original prints and paintings. The modern scene is explored in glorious colour photographs and with a travel writer's experienced eye.

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  Hardcover
  2006

  $69.57

  Fields of brilliant green dotted with grazing sheep, mountains cloaked in purple heather, dark lakes and lochs reflecting the leaden tones of the sky - in the midst of these still largely wild landscapes, the Scottish castles recount the story of a land tormented by centuries of still smouldering struggle. From the first defensive towers in bare stone to the stately homes of the nineteenth century, crammed with paintings and precious furniture, the path was long and perilous. The most daring of men fought to defend or conquer them. Artists and architects were commissioned to embellish them. Their fortunes were ensured by the most powerful families. Leafing through the pages of this book, lingering over the magnificent images and reading the rich and exhaustive texts, is to follow and evocative itinerary through this ancient building, climbing narrow spiral staircases, crossing imposing halls, admiring splendid libraries - a journey of discovery of nobility and misery, splendours and fragments of Scottish history.