Romantic castles and palaces : as seen and described by famous writers
"Romantic Castles and Palaces" by Esther Singleton is a collection of historical and architectural essays written in the early 20th century. Edited and translated “as seen and described by famous writers,” it surveys notable castles and palaces across Europe and beyond, blending architectural detail with history, legend, and scene-setting for readers who love art, travel, and the romance of old strongholds. The opening of the collection presents a preface in which the
editor explains her aim to balance architecture with history and legend, highlights emblematic sites and figures tied to each building, notes the scenic power of castles in landscapes, and mentions that translations were prepared for this volume. It then offers essays on Conway Castle (a vivid portrait of a walled Welsh town and Edward I’s fortress network, its refined halls, and even local legends of a sunken land), the Venetian Ducal Palace (a luxuriant tour of portals, stairways, carved wells, grand council halls with Tintoretto and Veronese, the blank for Marino Faliero’s portrait, and the prisons and Bridge of Sighs), Linlithgow Palace (its strategic past, the daring hay-cart ruse that won it back, Stuart associations, and its later ruin after a fire), Arundel Castle (Sussex lowlands and uplands framing a fortress with deep medieval lineage, Civil War sieges, the Fitzalan Chapel tombs, and sweeping parkland), the Palazzo Vecchio (Florence’s civic citadel from Arnolfo’s plan and Savonarola’s great hall to Cosimo I’s iron statecraft and artistic patronage), and Kensington Palace (a modest, homely royal house traced from the Finches through William III and Anne, with tea-time courts, straight Dutch walks, and light courtly anecdote). (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Editor | Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930 |
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| Title | Romantic castles and palaces : as seen and described by famous writers |
| Original Publication | New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1901, pubdate 1911. |
| Contents | Conway Castle, by Grant Allen -- The Ducal Palace, by Theophile Gautier -- Palace of Linlithgow, by Sir Walter Scott -- Arundel Castle, by Alice Meynell -- Palazzo Vecchio, by Alexandre Dumas -- Kensington Palace, by Leigh Hunt -- The Mikado's Palace, by Pierre Loti -- Warwick Castle, by Lady Warwick -- The Alhambra, by Edmondo De Amicis -- Lambeth Palace, by John Richard Green -- Château de Blois, by Jules Loiseleur -- Futtehpore-Sikri, by Louis Rousselet -- Caernavon Castle, by William Howitt -- A Ball at the Winter Palace, by Theophile Gautier -- Fontainebleau, by Grant Allen -- The Riccardi Palace, by Alexandre Dumas -- Raby Castle, by William Howitt -- Castle del Monte, by I. Edward Lear, II. Henry Swinburne -- The Generalife, by Theophile Gautier -- Château de Chenonceaux, by Jules Loiseleur -- Dublin Castle, by Lady Wilde -- Sans Souci and other Prussian palaces, by William Howitt -- Whitehall Palace, by Leigh Hunt -- The Castle of Kronborg, by Horace Marryat -- Chaumont sur Loire, by Jules Loiseleur -- Windsor Castle, by The Marquis of Lorne -- The Palace of Urbino, by John Addington Symonds -- Alnwick Castle, by Cuthbert Bede -- The Palace of Saint-Cloud, by J. J. Bourrassee -- Stirling Castle, by Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Palace of the Bosphorus, by Theophile Gautier -- Plessis-les-Tours, by J. J. Bourrassee -- Hampton Court Palace, by Ernest Law -- The Palace of Shah Jehan, by Bholanauth Chunder -- Edinburgh Castle, by I. Robert Louis Stevenson, II. James Norris Brewer -- Lambton Castle, by William Howitt -- Aranjuez, by Edmondo De Amicis -- Glamis Castle, by Lady Glamis -- Château de Chinon, by J. J. Bourrassee -- The Summer Palace, by Maurice Paleologue -- Berkeley Castle, by Arthur Shadwell Martin -- The Castle of Chillon, by Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Rocca Malatestiana, by Charles Yriarte -- The Wartburg, by L. Puttich -- Château d'Amboise, by Jules Loiseleur -- Blarney Castle, by Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall -- Château de Loches, by J. J. Bourrassee -- The Palace of Blenheim, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. |
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| Language | English |
| LoC Class | G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation |
| Subject | Palaces |
| Subject | Castles |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77405 |
| Release Date | Dec 5, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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