CONTENTS:

TREASURES IN THEIR TIME: HOW THE PAST HAS SHAPED OUR INHERITANCE
Ice Age to the Romans
Saxon and Norman
The Gothic Period
Tudor and Jacobean
GAZETTEER OF THE TREASURES OF BRITAIN: THE NATION’S HERITAGE DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED
PEOPLE AND PLACES: MEN AND WOMEN WHOSE LIVES ARE WOVEN INTO BRITISH HISTORY
Robert Burns, Alloway
Sir Winston Churchill, Chartwell
Thomas Hardy, Dorchester
Joseph Lister, Edinburgh
Mary, Queen of Scots, Fotheringhay
Queen Elizabeth I, Hatfield
Dr Johnson, Lichfield
The Duke of Wellington, London
John Ruskin, Oxford
Sir Francis Drake, Plymouth
Horatip, Lord Nelson, Portsmouth
Charles Dickens, Rochester
William Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon
Sir Edward Elgar, Worcester
FAMOUS PEOPLE: THEIR WORKS AND WHEREABOUTS
Architects
Divines
Politicians and Lawyers
Royalty
Scientists
Sculptors
Stained glass makers
Thinkers, men of letters and the theatre
MAP SECTION: WHERE TO FIND THE TREASURES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
GAZETTEER OF THE TREASURES OF IRELAND: THE WEALTH OF A UNIQUE AND LITTLE-KNOWN LAND
PEOPLE AND PLACES
William Butler Yeats, Ballylee
COLLECTIONS INDEX: SPECIALISED COLLECTIONS IN HOUSES, MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES
Archaeology and Anthropology
Armour and Weapons
Clocks and Watches
Coins, Medals and Trade Tokens
Folk Art and Local History
Glass
Gold, Silver and Jewellery
Industry, Machinery and Transport
Literary and Archives
Maritime
Military and Uniforms
Natural History
Pottery
Scientific and Medical; Textiles
1000 YEARS OF DESIGN: HOW TO RECOGNISE PERIOD STYLES
The Middle Ages
Late Medieval and Early Tudor
Elizabethan, Jacobean and Early Stuart
Stuart
Georgian
Late Georgian and Regency
Victorian
Late Victorian and Edwardian
THE LANGUAGE OF EXPERTS: THE WAY ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN WORK, AND THE TERMS THEY USE
Archaeology
Architecture
Arms and Armour
Ceramics
Furniture
Gardens
Hallmarks and Silver
The Parish Church