Table of Contents

1 Cave Painting to Classical

2 The Middle Ages

3 The Renaissance

4 High Drama and Quiet Lives

5 Revolution

6 Modern Times

7 Factfile

8 Index

9 Acknowledgements

About the Author

Abigail Wheatley joined Usborne Publishing in 2002 after completing a doctorate on medieval castles. She's still writing books about castles, but has branched out into areas such as science, art and cookery. She lives in a little book-filled house in Kent, with views of a real castle from her bedroom window.