New book: A Castle in the Wilderness

A castle in the wilderness book coverAnnouncing the release of our latest book, A Castle in the Wilderness: The Story of the Banff Springs Hotel, which is now available from retailers throughout the Canadian Rockies, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, and major online book retailers for $19.95.

Author Bart Robinson has been writing about the Fairmont Banff Springs since the 1970s, and in this book he delves deeply into the hotel’s history but also describes the hotel as it is today, having interviewed many of the hotel’s managers including executive chefs. The book includes these chapters:

Introduction
Origins of a Hotel
Grand Designs
Vistas and Vendettas
Growing Pains and Capital Gains
Towers and Troubles
Princes and Politicians
Out of the Fire
A Brief But Golden Moment
Tribulations and Triumph
A Second Century
Into the New Millennium
Appendix
Index
Acknowledgements and Credits

 

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For more information on the book, please visit: A Castle in the Wilderness: The Story of the Banff Springs Hotel.