Châteaux of the Loire Valley

Abstract

The world-famous châteaux of the Loire attract hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. In this book, the photographer Robert Polidori has captured more than seventy of them in unique pictures. He depicts the Château of Blois in its imposing beauty, the original fortifications in Chinon and Angers, and the magnificent Azay-le-Rideau. It goes without saying that the splendid Chambord is here as well, a place redolent of legend and history like almost no other. The detailed presentation does not only portray proud stately homes, it also provides views of a unique historic region. The Loire Valley has drawn kings to it like no other part of France, and it was here that they erected their magnificent, and their modest buildings. -- from book jacket.