Castles In The Air
The Restoration Adventures of Two Young Optimists and a Crumbling Old Mansion
$46.11
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2005
Summary
Castles in the Air is a beautifully written, autobiographical story of rescuing an ancient mansion. Gwydir Castle was inhabited by ravers and rats until Judy Corbett and her husband Peter Welford found and acquired this 500-year-old house mouldering in the foothills of Snowdonia. Despite the toads, strange smells and squatters, they decided to mortgage themselves to the hilt to bring the castle back to life.
This is an evocatively written and genuinely moving book and is infused with …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091897314 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0091897319 |
| Author: | Judy Corbett |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2005 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
Hugely enjoyable … Corbett writes with great style and energy * Daily Mail *
Funny and intensely romantic * Sunday Telegraph *
A fascinating account of leaving London for the wilds of North Wales to restore a crumbling castle * Good Housekeeping *
Beautifully descriptive, this is a tale that reverberates with romance, suspense and great humour * Good Book Guide *
About The Author
Judy Corbett
Judy Corbett is an antiquarian bookbinder. Her husband Peter Welford is an architectural historian and painter. Despite its glittering history (monarchs from King Charles I to Queen Mary have stayed here) and its grand dimensions - about 10,000 square feet divided into fifty rooms - Gwydir is very much the Welford’s home.
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