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The Companion Guide to Berlin - paperback
Series: Companion Guides
Berlin's traumatic past and vibrant present explored and explained in a guide to the culture, buildings and society of the city.

The Companion Guide to Burgundy - paperback
Series: Companion Guides
For anyone planning a visit to Burgundy this Guide is indispensable. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

The Companion Guide to the Country round Paris - paperback
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The Companion Guide to Devon
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The Companion Guide to Edinburgh and the Borders - paperback
Series: Companion Guides
Long overdue: Revised, updated, freshly-illustrated Edinburgh joins the Companion Guide series, informative on Edinburgh's - and Scotland's - past and present.

The Companion Guide to Florence - paperback
Series: Companion Guides
`Richly informative, an admirable piece of historical writing - offers lively interest wherever it is opened'YORKSHIRE POST

The Companion Guide to Gascony and the Dordogne - paperback
Series: Companion Guides
The guide for the traveller as opposed to the tourist: the person for whom the history of the region and its reflection in landscape, buildings and culture are the essence of travel.

The Companion Guide to Greece
Series: Companion Guides

The Companion Guide to the Greek Islands - paperback
Series: Companion Guides
A lively, discerning companion to the beauty, myth and history of a fascinating and lovely region.`A consistently first-rate series.' THE TIMES

Companion Guide to Ireland
Series: Companion Guides
As well as being a practical guide it's an exhilarating read... It is a delightful thing: anybody contemplaing crossing to Ireland for pleasure shouldn't think of going without consulting it. OBSERVER

Companion Guide to Istanbul - paperback
Series: Companion Guides
The traveller gets exactly what he needs, and in a handy format. THE TIMES The author seems to have covered every road in the country, and has something of interest to say about virtually every site. COUNTRY LIFE

The Companion Guide to Kent and Sussex [ne] - paperback
Series: Companion Guides

The Companion Guide to the Lake District - paperback
Series: Companion Guides
Comprehensive guide to the Lake District, fully revised and updated.

The Companion Guide to London [new edn] - paperback
Series: Companion Guides
Has strong claims to be among the best guidebooks ever written. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Calls our attention to everything beautiful, historic or curious left in the heart of London. SUNDAY TIMES

The Companion Guide to Madrid and Central Spain
Series: Companion Guides
The history and culture of Madrid, the cluster of historical cities at an easy distance (Segovia, Avila and Toledo) and the heartlands of Castile - the core of Spanish civilisation.

CG Mainland Greece [pb] - out of print

The Companion Guide to New York [n/e] - paperback
Series: Companion Guides
`The perfect guide to this tremendous city' OBSERVER

The Companion Guide to Paris - paperback
Series: Companion Guides
`An exuberant performance' THE TIMES

The Companion Guide to Rome
Series: Companion Guides
Classic guide to Rome which sells and sells. New edition thoroughly revised and updated.

The Companion Guide to Sicily
Series: Companion Guides
This vivid, knowledgeable and privileged guide to the riches of Sicily is vintage Companion Guide.

The Companion Guide to the South of Spain
Series: Companion Guides

The Companion Guide to St Petersburg - paperback
Series: Companion Guides

The Companion Guide to Venice - paperback
Series: Companion Guides
`It offers all that the visitor with a concern for beauty and for leisurely sight-seeing will require.' Financial Times`If ever a guidebook were designed to be read as literature it is Mr Honour's. Even those who know Venice well and love it well will add to their appreciation from this seemingly endless store of information.' Economist

English Castles - paperback

Medieval Castles of Ireland
A definitive study of the archaeology of Irish castles, from the middle ages to the seventeenth century, covering well over four hundred castles and earthworks.

Portugal: A Traveller's History
An historical guide to Portugal which both describes and accounts for what the visitor might see and experience in this often-spellbinding country.

To the Highlands in 1786
Late-18th-century Scotland comes to life, from coaching inns and gig upsets to agriculture and Edinburgh society.

Travels in a Europe Restored: 1989-1995
The collapse of Communism in eastern Europe viewed through personal experience.

Welsh Castles
History of and gazetteer to all surviving Welsh castles - the majority 13c - arranged by county, with full OS details.