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2.0 out of 5 stars
Scarcely any photos--most disappointing!,
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This review is from: Strawberry Hill: Horace Walpole's Gothic Castle (Hardcover)
Wow, what a tremendous disappointment! Big coffee table book, feels hefty, looks like it'll be a treasure trove of Gothic architecture . . . and yet not. The entire book has exactly ONE full-page, full-color photo of the interior of Strawberry Hill. The rest of the book is more like a scholarly work, with small photos of wallpaper fragments, engravings of Walpole and his family and friends, close-ups of some interesting bits and piece of architectural detail, and lots and lots of text. There's nothing wrong with that; but what a false carrot to dangle in front of the architecturally-inclined reader ("Gothic" and "castle" together in one title--be still, my heart!). If ever a book deserved a subtitle, it's this one--and it should have been something along the lines of, "A Scholarly Overview" or something equally dry, to suit the book. What a great opportunity the authors missed in not showing the world more of the WHOLE of Walpole's beautiful castle.
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Strawberry Hill: Horace Walpole's Gothic Castle by Anna Chalcraft (Hardcover - October 5, 2007)
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