WEST COUNTRY (Discover Britain's Historic Houses)

Britain has more historic houses, great and small, that are open to the public than anywhere else in the world. Stately homes, ruined castles and abbeys, merchants' mansions, peasants cottages - the stories of such buildings and their occupants, past and present, add up to an extraordinary record of our history. Author Simon Jenkins is a leading writer on this rich heritage. Here we present his vision of the West Country's 97 most impressive, interesting or unusual dwellings - from elegant Montacute in Somerset and medieval Buckland Abbey in Devon to Cornwall's much-visited Lanhydrock and the tiny Fisherman's cottage in Clovelly. Enhanced with photographs selected by the editors of Reader's Digest. This hardback book has 192 pages and measures: 28.2 x 22 x 1.5cm