Britain has more historic houses, great & small, that are open to the public than anywhere else in the world. Stately homes, ruined castles & abbeys, merchants' mansions, peasant cottages
- the stories of such buildings & their occupants, past & 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 95 of the most impressive, interesting or unusual dwellings to be seen in Wales
- from imposing Caernarfon Castle to wild Dolwyddelan, former stronghold of Llywelyn the Great, from Victorian fantasy at Caste II Coch to the Georgian jewel of Erddig
- enhanced with photographs selected by the editors of Reader's Digest.