Alton Towers : A Gothic Wonderland
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First edition. 182pp, illustrated in colour and black and white. In glossy card covers (covers are worn at edges, one corner has mild curl). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Known to many as the picturesque background to an entertainment theme park, Alton Towers has a story which has been hidden in archives and depositories. Fisher brings to life the House's history from its origins as a hunting lodge to is completion as the largest privately-owned house in Europe created for the Earls of Shrewsbury, largely by the architecture Augustus Pugin.