Though our cultural fascination with the Middle Ages is perennial, the recent revival of pseudo-medieval aesthetics reveals a ...

This charming seaport town was also the setting for Horace Walpole's 1764 Gothic novel, "The Castle of Otranto," as the author was inspired by Otranto and the fortified relic that stands at the ...

Purporting to be translated from an earlier manuscript, The Castle of Otranto introduces what have become classic Gothic devices, such as a foreign location, a dark and ominous castle and a naïve ...

Discover the fascinating history of Strawberry Hill House, Britain’s first and finest example of Gothic Revival architecture ...