The National Trust Book of British Castles (Hardcover) by Paul Johnson

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Ever since the Norman invasion the British castle has occupied a position of dominance: initially in military terms, but later and more enduringly in the popular imagination, First built on t he motte-and-bailey principle to control an unruly populace, the nature and purpose of castles gradually evolved over the centuries to culminate in the lavishly ornate structures of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, designed solely as romantic settings for domestic elegance and comfort. To call any one castle typically British would therefore be misleading; in fact England, Wales and Scotland together possess one of the largest and most diverse collections of castles anywhere in the world. 

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