The late Hazel Conway was the author of the first edition of this book, published by Cambridge University Press in 1991. After an early career in technical journalism she moved into education in architectural and design history, becoming Principal Lecturer in the School of Art History at what is now De Montfort University, Leicester. As a freelance architectural historian she lectured and led study tours widely and was a consultant or office-holder for many bodies including the Garden History Society, Victorian Society, English Heritage and the National Heritage Lottery Fund