Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction / Caroline Dakers Part one. The narrative The early history of Fonthill / David Roberts Fonthill from the Middle Ages to 1744 : the first Fonthill House / Neil Burton The Beckford era / Amy Frost The break-up of the Fonthill estate ; Fonthill in the nineteenth century ; Fonthill in the twentieth century ; Out of the ruins : new houses at Fonthill / Caroline Dakers Part two. …”