A dry but informative history of the palace, in a very general sense and read not unlike a textbook. For what it is (a publication issued by the Historic Royal Palaces group, whose unimaginable bland history is retold at the end of the last chapter like a record of the monarchy's abandonment of this Stuart palace), it's worth the read. The plans are good and probably well represented; a lot of plans from major construction periods don't exist anymore. But you get the idea. It's only a bit vague in spots, like exactly what is going on underneath the State Apartments and whether they are on the piano mobile or the 2nd floor. It respects the privacy of the palace's official occupants (most notable the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) while regarding its previous occupants as little more than a list of names read by rote in a litany of the palace's 20th century experience. HRP books aren't anything groundbreaking, but it's not a bad shot.