Castles in the Air is a beautifully written autobiographical story of rescuing an ancient mansion Gwydir Castle was inhabited by ravers & rats until Judy Corbett & her husband Peter Welford found & acquired this 500-year-old house mouldering in the foothills of Snowdonia Despite the toads strange smells & squatters they decided to mortgage themselves to the hilt to bring the castle back to life This is an evocatively written & genuinely moving book & is infused with an extraordinary sense of place The couple&s adventures in a gothic wonderland lead them through plots both supernatural & historical In a museum storeroom in a Bronx warehouse they find a missing room in the castle&s Solar Tower the ghost of a young woman appears & from the far edges of the woods a silent man called Sven emerges to befriend the couple & their beloved castle For everyone who has ever wanted to live in a glorious house or escape from the mundanity of life
- Castles in the Air is pure magic