Castles, Palaces & Stately Homes: The Illustrated Guide to the Architectural, Cultural and Historical Heritage of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Hardcover

Phillips, Charles

 
9780754834960: Castles, Palaces & Stately Homes: The Illustrated Guide to the Architectural, Cultural and Historical Heritage of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0754834964 ISBN 13: 9780754834960
Verlag: Lorenz Books, 2020

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CASTLES, PALACES & STATELY HOMES

The illustrated guide to the architectural, cultural and historical heritage of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Charles Phillips Consultant: Professor Richard G. Wilson FRHistS

This sumptuously illustrated history presents, in an updated new edition, an in-depth account of Britain’s most important buildings, from castles, royal palaces and stately homes to fortified manors and the great country houses, and provides a wealth of stories and information on this glorious architectural past and heritage.

Detailed coverage is given of the World Heritage Sites of Edward I’s castles at Beaumaris, Harlech, Caenarvon and Conwy, plus other spectacular buildings such as Blenheim Palace, The Tower of London, Burghley House and Windsor Castle.

Special features focus on important art and architectural movements and on the great architects including Wren, Adam, Wyatt and Lutyens.

Charles Phillips is an established writer of popular history, including The Illustrated History of the Kings and Queens of Britain.

Professor Richard G. Wilson is Emeritus Professor of History at UEA and co-author of Creating Paradise: The Building of the English Country House, 1660–1880.

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Charles Phillips is an established writer of popular history, a contributor to Cassell's Dictionary of Modern Britain as well as to the Chronicle of Britain and several illustrated histories. He has a keen interest in the mythology and history of the great Maya and Aztec civilizations and was a key writer on Time Life's Myth and Mankind series. Charles is a graduate of Oxford University, he holds an MA from the University of Westminster and is a member of the Society of Authors.
 

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Verlag
Lorenz Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0754834964
ISBN 13 
9780754834960
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Richard Wilson Professor In English Literature Cardiff University UK Richard Wilson Professor
Anzahl der Seiten
256
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