A collection of twenty essays from a conference held at Royal Holloway, University of London in 1998, focusing primarily on the castle and chapel of Windsor. An impressive line-up of scholars cover a range of subjects and aspects including the Royal Lodgings (G Astill) ; Henry VIII's Windsor (V Hansen) ; the 1992 fire and restoration (S Brindle) ; Henry VIII's wall paintings (D Park and R Pender) ; imagery of the Virgin Mary and St George in St George's Chapel (S J E Riches) ; The Chantry Chapel (A Fehrmann) ; Heraldic decoration (P J Begent) ; Shottesbrooke Church (N Saul) ; Abbey Church, Reading