Collins Guide to the Ruined Abbeys of England, Wales and Scotland

by Henry Thorold

Henry Thorold (Photographer)

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This guide to monastic ruins in the British Isles looks at ruins that range from great buildings like Fountains Abbey and Rievaulx to the tiny fragments of obscurer priories. The book includes a history of the monastic orders in Britain as well as essays on their particular architectural styles. Henry Thorold is the author of the "Collins Guide to Cathedrals, Abbeys and Priories" and winner of the Thomas Cook Award for the best guide-book of the year.
  • ISBN10 0002177161
  • ISBN13 9780002177160
  • Publish Date 22 July 1993
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 30 July 1999
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
  • Imprint HarperCollins Publishers Ltd