Castles of Kent through Time

REVIEW BY AB It is easy to think of castles as a static part of the historical landscape, towering relics of a bygone era, but these buildings have rich stories, many of which are still being written. In Castles of Kent through Time, John Guy traces the changing fortunes of many of the county’s castles – Kent is home to more than 60, in various states of survival – through rich visual records, contrasting pictures of the sites today with drawings, prints, postcards, and photographs from the last few centuries. These images tell the tales of castles with roots in Iron Age hillforts and Roman military camps, Tudor and Elizabethan artillery forts, Jacobean manor houses, and 19th-centur