Artist and designer Yorke has contributed several volumes to the series, and here describes domestic constructions built from 1485 to 1603, focusing on those that are still standing and are in good enough condition to display typical features. While considering the period as a whole, he acknowledges the wide variation in styles and their evolution over the century. He covers town and village housing, materials and structure, plans and decoration, interior rooms and details, outbuildings and gatehouses, and Tudor houses built after the time of Good Queen Bess. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)