Robert O’Byrne把这些具有神秘美感的废墟拍得特别漂亮，还附上了引人入胜的文章。《爱尔兰唯美主义者》脱胎于Robert广受欢迎的博客，那里有中世纪的城堡，乔治亚风格的豪宅，维多利亚时代的旅馆以及许多其他建筑，其中许多以前从未出版过。随附的文字讲述了摄政时期的兄弟姐妹们将全部财产都浪费在赌博和狂欢上，还有盎格鲁-诺曼的女继承人在新婚之夜把丈夫抛在了窗外，还有房东喜欢光着膀子到处走，他的妻子让他带着牛铃，来提醒女佣们他来了。按照爱尔兰四个省排列，书中介绍的各种废墟为您提供了对爱尔兰的独特见解，并探索了她的许多历史建筑的风格。

Fantastical, often whimsical, and frequently quirky, these atmospheric ruins are beautifully photographed and paired with fascinating text by Robert O’Byrne. Born out of Robert’s hugely popular blog, The Irish Aesthete, there are Medieval castles, Georgian mansions, Victorian lodges, and a myriad of other buildings, many never previously published. Robert focuses on a mixture of exteriors and interiors in varying stages of decay, on architectural details, and entire scenarios. Accompanying texts tell of the Regency siblings who squandered their entire fortune on gambling and carousing, of an Anglo-Norman heiress who pitched her husband out the window on their wedding night, and of the landlord who liked to walk around naked and whose wife made him carry a cowbell to warn housemaids of his approach. Arranged by the country’s four provinces, the diverse ruins featured offer a unique insight into Ireland and an exploration of her many styles of historic architecture.