The Tower of London

First published in 1972, this history treats the Tower as a royal fortress, palace, prison, mint, and menagerie, and follows its part in English political life from the Norman keep through Tudor executions to later ceremonial use. Rowse dwells on the princes, queens, and ministers who entered as guests or prisoners, and on the buildings of the inner and outer wards. The book is a narrative of one monument in national history, not a Victorian novel of the same short title and not a guidebook of opening hours.

Bound in green glazed paper printed in colour. Pale yellow endleaves. Sixteen pages of plates showing miniatures, portraits, prints and photographs. No jacket or slipcase. Folio miniature -michael Joseph in association with the Folio Press.