If you’re ever struck by a sudden and possibly passing interest in English medieval wall paintings then this is the book for you. It briefly explains the basics and there’s a good gazetteer so you can track down some examples. It’s particularly well illustrated. The book is at least half illustrations, a mix of photographs and watercolours by the author. The watercolours are so good I couldn’t have told them from the real thing. This is one of those little Shire books and there’s another in the series by Rouse called Discovering Wall Paintings. Get Medieval Wall Paintings if you can as the text is ‘revised and expanded’ and some of the illustrations are in colour. ( )