Anyone who is looking for a comprehensive overview of Colonial Williamsburg, a history of the restoration project, as well as before and after pictures of the individual sites, this is the book to read. Separated into two parts, the former offers a book-ended history of Williamsburg with right before restoration and the early years of restoration as those book-ends, while the middle sections offer a history of Williamsburg from it's days as the colonial capital through it's history to the restoration. Once Yetter has thoroughly whet your appetite for this 'sleepy old town', part two opens to the details of the restoration for each building site. Not only does Yetter's book offer a more intimate knowledge of each building, including the site names and a blurb history of the site, but Yetter also offers before and after images. The only difficulty in this book may come for those of us who are not architects, as the book relies, sometimes heavily, on architectural terms that are not as easy to ascertain even from the images. But that, in comparison to the overall wonder of the book, remains too minute to even factor into it's five-star rating in my opinion. A must read for any Colonial Williamsburg lover!