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Cobbled medieval alleyways and ornate Georgian boulevards. Decadent marble mansions and sprawling Victorian slums. Heaths, churches, squares and railways that, between them, hold two thousand years of secrets: London's history is written into the very fabric of its streets. In Cr ...
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The story of the first great skyscraper, and the transformation of the modern city.
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Religious strife, civil conflict, waves of immigration, the rise and fall of industry, great prosperity and grinding poverty - the streets of modern Spitalfields have witnessed all this and much more. Starting in Roman times, the author explains how Spitalfields' streets evolved, ...
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Includes chapters on the twentieth-century architecture of the Middle East (including Israel), South-east Asia, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, India, Russia and the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Latin America. This book places buildings in their social, cultural and historical setti ...
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Spanning the architectural history of the country house from the disarming Elizabethan charm of South Wraxhall, the rigour of Kinross in Scotland, this title presents the stories of houses that tell the story of our nation.
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Georgian London evokes images of elegant buildings and fine art, but it was also a city where prostitution was rife. The sex industry was, in fact, a very powerful force indeed. This book shows how it came to affect almost every aspect of life and culture in the capital.
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Featuring over 200 photographs, this stunning book by renowned television historian Dan Cruickshank tells the history of architecture through the stories of 100 iconic buildings
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The author tells the story of the Huguenot weavers and recounts the experiences of the first Jewish immigrants. He evokes the slum-ridden courts and alleys of Jack the Ripper's Spitalfields.
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The author tells the story of the Huguenot weavers and recounts the experiences of the first Jewish immigrants. He evokes the slum-ridden courts and alleys of Jack the Ripper's Spitalfields.
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9781448164561 |
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| Language |
en |
| Published |
27 October 2016 by Random House |
| Interest Age |
General Audience |
| Language |
(English) |
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Spanning the architectural history of the country house from the disarming Elizabethan charm of South Wraxhall, the rigour of Kinross in Scotland, this title presents the stories of houses that tell the story of our nation.
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