Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. dj little shelf wear.
Published by Thunder Bay Press, San Diego, CA, 1999
ISBN 10: 1571452192 ISBN 13: 9781571452191
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Maria, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Cloth, 300 pages, colour illustrations; 37 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A massive coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "Built to astonish the masses and to celebrate the magnificence of the most powerful families in the world, royal palaces and house are the reminders of a bygone era. This book tells the mysteries and legends of the buildings, and the official and secret versions of the history of their occupants. The text is complemented by a series of splendid photographs that together transport the reader on a visit to a place where the lives of royal families and their courts burned bright, and where beauty was mixed with power." - Publisher. Size: Folio.