?Paul Rabbitts is a landscape architect and parks manager who has designed, managed and restored urban parks for over twenty-five years. He is the author of the only history of Regent's Park and Richmond Park and wrote Bandstands and London's Royal Parks for Shire.

Introduction
The Origins and Genius of Grinling Gibbons
By Royal Appointment
Oxford and Cambridge
Chapels, Churches and a Cathedral
Country Houses and Stately Homes
Latter Days
Further Reading
Places to Visit
Index