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Lise Hull guides the reader around 50 of Britain and Ireland's greatest castles, examining lineage, architecture, furnishings, artefacts and gardens. The text is peppered with fascinating snippets of historical information. Included are staples such as Caerphilly, Warwick and Berkeley, as well as the more surprising Dolwyddelan, Dunnottar and Corfe castles.

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Lise Hull is a freelance writer, casteliologist and historian. After many years in the US Navy, she gained master's degrees in Heritage Studies (from University of Wales, Aberystwyth) and Historic Preservation (from Indiana University). She runs Castles Unlimited, which focuses on the study and promotion of British castles. Lise Hull is the author of Countries of the World: Scotland (Times Media) and a forthcoming book on the castles of Glamorgan. Stephen Whitehorne is one of Scotland's foremost landscape, architectual and travel photographers. He is the photographer and author to several walking guides to Scotland, including Exploring the Highlands of Scotland and Walking the Scottish Highland Round (both Cassell), as well as photographer on many other guides His work has been widely exhibited in the UK. Stephen also teaches photography, and is based near Edinburgh.

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