The Overlook Press

PROLOGUEThere are certain events thathave the power to ravage lives and alter the fate of nations, yet they transpire unnoticed by the general public and leave no record, because their history is a secret locked within the souls and memories of the few mortals involved. Such were the events that I,...

ROME, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1978High over the city, a rack of clouds drifted across the hunter's moon so rapidly it looked as if a motion picture had been speeded up. On a deserted avenue near a long wall, a dirty yellow Fiat mini-taxi cut its lights and its motor and coasted to the curb at Porta...

Introduction ountains abbey, in North Yorkshire, attracts more visitors in J a year than any other monument in England except the Tower of ' London. The Abbey of Las Huelgas, outside Burgos, is visited by more people daily than the city's cathedral, one of the glories of Spanish Gothic...

INTRODUCTION WHEN PLANNING TO REDECORATE A ROOM, surprisingly few people consider how they are going to light it. Some may remember about north- and south-facing rooms and what effect natural light may have, but it is rare that anyone will consider light as an integral part of planning a...