LOST BUILDINGS OF BRITAIN
Author(s): THURLEY SIMON
In LOST BUILDINGS OF BRITAIN leading historian Simon Thurley takes a journey into our nation's past and reveals the hidden narratives behind what we have lost from our historic landscape. Today they are ruins, destroyed by fire, neglect, war and even progress. But once they were places of great importance and beauty. Sifting through the remains, Thurley paints a fascinating portrait of how our ancestors once lived and worked. LOST BUILDINGS OF BRITAIN is accompanied by a six-part television series on Channel 4. The six buildings are: Glastonbury Abbey, the Palace of Whitehall, Nottingham Castle, Millbank Penitentiary, Fonthill Abbey and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
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Simon Thurley is a world authority on the royal palaces of the Tudor and Stuart kings. From 1990 1997, he was curator of the Historic Royal Palaces. In 1998 he was made director of the Museum of London. Since 2002 he has been Chief Executive of English Heritage.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Group Australia
- : Viking
- : 0.516
- : 31 July 2004
- : 245mm X 164mm X 25mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Illustrations
- : 240
- : 941
- : 1
- : TC
- : THURLEY SIMON