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God´s Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain
Rosemary Hill
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Description for God´s Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain
Paperback. Pugin was one of Britain's greatest architects and his short career one of the dramatic in architectural history. This book draws on letters and drawings to recreate his life and work as architect, propagandist and romantic artist as well as the story of his three marriages, the bitterness of his last years and his sudden death at 40. Num Pages: 624 pages, 8pp b/w, 8pp colour inset. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; AMB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 478.
Pugin was one of Britain's greatest architects and his short career one of the most dramatic in architectural history. Born in 1812, the son of the soi-disant Comte de Pugin, at 15 Pugin was working for King George IV at Windsor Castle. By the time he was 21 he had been shipwrecked, bankrupted and widowed. Nineteen years later he died, insane and disillusioned, having changed the face and the mind of British architecture. God's Architect is the first full modern biography of this extraordinary figure. It draws on thousands of unpublished letters and drawings to recreate his ... Read more
Pugin was one of Britain's greatest architects and his short career one of the most dramatic in architectural history. Born in 1812, the son of the soi-disant Comte de Pugin, at 15 Pugin was working for King George IV at Windsor Castle. By the time he was 21 he had been shipwrecked, bankrupted and widowed. Nineteen years later he died, insane and disillusioned, having changed the face and the mind of British architecture. God's Architect is the first full modern biography of this extraordinary figure. It draws on thousands of unpublished letters and drawings to recreate his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140280999
SKU
V9780140280999
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About Rosemary Hill
Rosemary Hill is a writer and historian and a trustee of the Victorian Society. She has published widely on 19th and 20th century cultural history and sits on the editorial board of the London Review of Books. From 2004-05 she was a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.
Reviews for God´s Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain
An excellent and detailed biography
Peter Ackroyd
as the readable biography of a most protean and brilliant man, it is worthy of the best of his buildings
Colm Toibin
A magnificent biography, as sumptuous and intricate as anything Pugin built
John Carey
a very remarkable book about a very remarkable man
A.N. Wilson ... Read more
Peter Ackroyd
as the readable biography of a most protean and brilliant man, it is worthy of the best of his buildings
Colm Toibin
A magnificent biography, as sumptuous and intricate as anything Pugin built
John Carey
a very remarkable book about a very remarkable man
A.N. Wilson ... Read more