American Castles: A Pictorial History

by Amy Handy

From the heights of castles, palazzos, chateaux, and manor halls, more than eighty full-color photographs, along with short biographies and firsthand accounts, offer a glimpse inside and outside the lifestyles of America's rich and famous.

Genres: Architecture, History, Travel

80 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1998

Reviews

[Sw · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pictoral history of mansions in the US.
Outstanding photos and historical narrative, including insight on the owners and times. Spans time from post Civil War starting the opulent wealth, through the Gilded Age to the stockmarket crash which ended the wealth. Includes the Wetmore house in Newport, RI.

[Kyrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got the book mostly for the pictures. There's text giving a tantalizing small bit about each house, enough to make me hunt down a book or two about some of the individual houses.

It's fun to imagine having the kind of money and taste to decorate such mansions.

[Meadow · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mmmm.....giant, fancy houses.

Picked by the Hazel.

[Michael Heath-Caldwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book on some of the amazing big houses in America.