The Building of Castle Howard
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Pimlico
Published: October 2, 1997
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780712666664
Subjects: British & Irish history; Palaces, chateaux, country houses; World history: c 1500 to c 1750; World history: c 1750 to c 1900; England; Yorkshire
First sentence: Charles Howard, third Earl of Carlisle, was born in 1669 at Naworth, a small fortified border castle close to Hadrian's Wall and near Carlisle, a territory which was as far as it possibly could be from the culture and urbanity of Restoration London.