SIR CHARLES OMANS CASTLES
- ISBN-10
- 1783313102
- ISBN-13
- 9781783313105
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 360
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-02-13
- Publisher
- Naval & Military Press
- Author
- Sir Charles Oman
Description
A beautifully produced history and guide to eighty of England's and Wales's finest castles - including Windsor, Warwick and Kenilworth - in the western regions served by the Great Western Railway. Its author is the great historian Sir Charles Oman, and the commission is clearly a labour of love.
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