Horace Walpole’s Gothic Castles, Part 2

Horace Walpole’s Gothic Castles, Part 2

Part two of our episode on Horace Walpole gets into the gothic literature and gothic castles his life is associated with, including his own eclectic and impressive home, Strawberry Hill.

Research:

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