{"product_id":"9781910900826","title":"A Passion for Castles","description":"Author: Janet Brennan-Inglis\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781910900826\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Birlinn\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Feb 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 242\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1880s two Edinburgh architects began to survey, measure and sketch the castles of Scotland, travelling the length and breadth of the country on trains, bicycles and on foot. Together they produced the five magnificent volumes of \u003ci\u003eThe Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e, an unrivalled work of research that surveys more than 700 of Scotland's castellated buildings, ranging from great medieval fortresses to small lairds' houses with pepper-pot turrets, and is illustrated with thousands of sketches and plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first part of \u003ci\u003eA Passion for Castles\u003c\/i\u003e tells the life stories of David MacGibbon and Thomas Ross and their work as Edinburgh architects before they embarked on their magisterial survey, revealing interesting and previously unknown details about the two men. The second part of the book sets their enormously ambitious castles project in its historical context, and describes how MacGibbon and Ross managed to achieve their pioneering, systematic and comprehensive survey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final part of the book provides a regional overview of the current status of all the castles surveyed by MacGibbon and Ross, followed by a thematic exploration of those that have been lost, those that have been transformed and those at risk of collapse, before posing questions about what the future holds for the castles of Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46857131851934,"sku":"ADS-9781910900826","price":79.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781910900826.jpg?v=1779155602","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781910900826","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}