Describes the design, construction, and uses of various types of castles in Europe and in other parts of the world. Includes instructions for building a castle out of simple household materials.

In the green hills of West Cork, Ireland, Castle Deverill has burned to the ground. But young Celia Deverill is determined to see her ruined ancestral home restored to its former glory -- to the years when Celia ran through its vast halls with her cousin Kitty and their childhood friend Bridie Doyle. Kitty herself is raising a young family, but she longs for Jack O'Leary -- the long-ago sweetheart she cannot have. And soon Kitty must make a heartbreaking...

The story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home, seems to depict like a dream from the deepest recesses of consciousness, an inexplicable truth about the nature of existence.

An illustrated history of castles and forts through the ages, from Mycenaean citadels to bomb shelters.

Mrs. Worm and Gloomsburg castle are taken over by ghosts.

Summoned to a remote Scottish castle to work beside a highly skilled medium in the hopes of locating a long-missing family treasure, scam clairvoyant Eleanor Wilde questions living witnesses amid rumors of curses, ghosts, and supernatural murders.

It may be more famous now than any time in its 1,300-year history as the setting of Downton Abbey, but England's Highclere Castle has its own stories to tell. In its heyday, Highclere was the social epicenter of Edwardian England. See how all the inhabitants of Highclere lived, from the aristocrats above to the army of servants toiling 'below stairs'. Also find out from the current inhabitants, Lord and Lady Carnarvon, what life in a fairytale castle...

Three young children staying at an English castle are fascinated by the great white owl that haunts the grounds and rescue it when it is shot by a hunter.

Describes daily life in the castles of Europe from the years 500 to 1500.