by David Cook · Pitkin Guides · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781841650449
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«Castles of Wales: And the Welsh Marches» is David Cook's historical guide, published by Pitkin Guides in paperback (32 pages, in English).
The guide opens with three contextual essays: the Normans in Wales, Edward I's conquest and Owain Glyndwr's rebellion. It then devotes a section to the history and description of each Welsh castle, with attention to its architecture and the episodes that explain its construction and use.
The work originally appeared in 1984 as «Castles of Wales and the Welsh Marches (Treasures of Britain)»; the present edition is from 2001.
Intended for travelers and enthusiasts of Welsh history, military architecture and medieval heritage.
David Kenneth Cook was a British author, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for the screen adaptation of his 1978 novel Walter, and was the first presenter of the UK TV programme Rainbow. He was born in Preston, Lancashire. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, from 1959 to 1961. His first role was in the 1962 film adaptation of A Kind of Loving. Thereafter, he worked on both stage and television. He began to write novels and also for television in the early 1970s.
