Castles In The Air Av Judy Corbett

<p><i>Castles in the Air</i> is a beautifully written, autobiographical story of rescuing an ancient mansion. Gwydir Castle was inhabited by ravers and rats until Judy Corbett and her husband Peter Welford found and acquired this 500-year-old house mouldering in the foothills of Snowdonia. Despite the toads, strange smells and squatters, they decided to mortgage themselves to the hilt to bring the castle back to life.<br><br>This is an evocatively written and genuinely moving book and is infused with an extraordinary sense of place. The couple''s adventures in a gothic wonderland lead them through plots both supernatural and historical. In a museum storeroom in a Bronx warehouse they find a missing room, in the castle''s Solar Tower the ghost of a young woman appears and from the far edges of the woods a silent man called Sven emerges to befriend the couple and their beloved castle.<br><br>For everyone who has ever wanted to live in a glorious house or escape from the mundanity of life - <i>Castles in the Air</i> is pure magic.</p>