The Magnificent Castle Of Culzean And The Kennedy Family

Culzean Castle on the Ayrshire coast is the most visited property of theNational Trust for Scotland. Built in the late sixteenth century above anetwork of caves... » 

Culzean Castle on the Ayrshire coast is the most visited property of theNational Trust for Scotland. Built in the late sixteenth century above anetwork of caves the castle became a center for smuggling during theeighteenth century. Sir Thomas Kennedy ancestor of the American Kennedyfamily went on an extended grand tour in the 1750s and returned full of ideasas to how to improve his vast estates and home. His brother and heircommissioned Robert Adam to create his masterpiece and became bankrupt as aresult. The estate was rescued when wealthy American cousins inherited it in1792 and lavished money on the property.This extensively illustrated book produced in association with the NationalTrust for Scotland tells the whole history of the castle. Michael Moss hascarried out extensive research drawing on estate records original plans andfamily correspondence to create a major new history of the castle and afascinating account of the running of a Scottish country estate. «