As a genre the folly gave Europe a wonderful legacy of idiosyncratic, sometimes experimental architecture. Follies of Europe is a collection of photographs with accompanying text that illustrates the wealth and exuberance of follies, ranging from the Baroque and Rococo through Art Nouveau to the present day.

Follies were built for pleasure with passion and self indulgence. They reflect and celebrate the individuals who created them. This book shows the dedication to detail that makes both the buildings and the personalities result in these unique art forms.

studied graphic design at The Bath Academy of Art. His first book was Eton Days (Lund Humphries 1976). Nic's photographs have since appeared in The Sunday Times, The World of Interiors. Vogue Homes (France), Tatler, Harpers & Queen, the Telegraph Colour Magazine and Newsweek. His other books include: The Illustrated Mrs Beeton (Sheldrake Press), Happinesss Book (Pan), Celebration of Champagne (Mitchell Beazley), Border Ballads (Macmillan), Chatsworth: The Estate (Macmillan),
Follies & Fantasies (Abrams) and Little-Known Museums In and Around London (Abrams).

worked for the National Trust for England. He was deeply involved in such diverse National Trust projects as the restoration of Stowe Landscape Gardens and the rescue of the Darnley Mausoleum in Cobham Park, Kent. He is a member of the Government's Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art. He is the present director of The Sir John Soane Museum.

is well established as a landscape gardener and lecturer.
Her recent book Classical Gardens, illustrates early eighteenth-century English designers.