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Bajard, Sophie and Raffaello Bencini, VILLAS AND GARDENS OF TUSCANY, Paris, Finest S.A./Editions Pierre Terrail, 1993, ISBN 2-87939-014-1. This is a beautiful "coffee table" book with photos and prints of old paintings to show how the places looked once upon a time, and today, too.
Balent, Matthew, compiled by, PALLADIUM BOOK OF EUROPEAN CASTLES, USA, Palladium Books, 1985
Brochard, Philippe, CASTLES OF THE MIDDLE AGES (SILVER BURDETT PICTURE HISTORIES), USA, Silver Burdett Company, 1980, ISBN 0-382-06927--7 pbk, L.C.#: 82-242058
Brown, R. Allen, CASTLES (Shire Archeology), UK, Shire Publications Ltd., 1985, ISBN 0-85263-653-9
Johnson, Paul, CASTLES OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES, New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 1992, ISBN 0-06-092351-2, L.C.#: 89-45046
Jones, Louisa, GARDENS IN PROVENCE, Paris, Flammarion, 1992, ISBN 2-08013-523-6. This is probably my favorite book of the bunch. Another "coffee table" book of glorious photos of gorgeous places I would love to go see, and would love for our place to look like in about 100 years.
Lee, Alan, written by David Day, CASTLES, USA, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1986, ISBN 0-07-037280-2 pbk, L.C.#: 86-2825
Macaulay, David, CASTLE, USA, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977, ISBN 0-395-25784-0, L.C.#: 77-7159 All of the Macaulay books are great: very clear, entertaining and nicely done.
Macaulay, David, CATHEDRAL, USA, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973, ISBN 0-395-17513-5 hdbk, L.C.#: 73-6634
Oggins, Robin S., CASTLES AND FORTRESSES, New York, Michael Friedman Publishing Group, Inc., 1995, ISBN 1-56799-095-9
Peters, Ellis, STRONGHOLDS AND SANCTUARIES, The Borderland of England and Wales, London, Headline Book Publishing, 1995, ISBN 0-7472-7854-7. Based on the Ellis Peters mystery series, this is a collection of pictures and descriptions of the very real places that Peters writes about as settings for his medieval mystery solving monk. This is an import. I don't know why Amazon doesn't have it yet.
Platt, Colin, THE CASTLE IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND & WALES, Bath Press, Avon, 1981, ISBN 0-76070-054-0
Reid, Struan, CASTLE, London, Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1996, ISBN 0-7607-0214-4
Toy, Sidney, CASTLES: Their Construction and History, Dover Publications, Inc., 1985, ISBN 0-486-24898-4
Unstead, R. J., Series Editor, SEE INSIDE A CASTLE, England, Kingfisher Books Ltd.,1986. I love children's books. They're so clear and, a lot of times, very well drawn.