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Mr Barry's War: Rebuilding the Houses of Parliament after the Great Fire of 1834
Caroline Shenton
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Description for Mr Barry's War: Rebuilding the Houses of Parliament after the Great Fire of 1834
Hardcover. The saga of the epic battle to re-build the Houses of Parliament after the great fire of 1834, this is also the story of how the greatest construction programme in Britain for centuries produced one of the most famous and instantly recognizable buildings ever built Num Pages: 304 pages, 42 black & white illustrations, 8pp colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; AMG; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 588.
When the brilliant classical architect Charles Barry won the competition to build a new, Gothic, Houses of Parliament in London he thought it was the chance of a lifetime. It swiftly turned into the most nightmarish building programme of the century. From the beginning, its design, construction and decoration were a battlefield. The practical and political forces ranged against him were immense. The new Palace of Westminster had to be built on acres of unstable quicksand, while the Lords and Commons carried on their work as usual. Its river frontage, a quarter of a mile long, ... Read more
When the brilliant classical architect Charles Barry won the competition to build a new, Gothic, Houses of Parliament in London he thought it was the chance of a lifetime. It swiftly turned into the most nightmarish building programme of the century. From the beginning, its design, construction and decoration were a battlefield. The practical and political forces ranged against him were immense. The new Palace of Westminster had to be built on acres of unstable quicksand, while the Lords and Commons carried on their work as usual. Its river frontage, a quarter of a mile long, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
587g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198707196
SKU
V9780198707196
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Ref
99-4
About Caroline Shenton
Caroline Shenton was Director of the Parliamentary Archives at Westminster from 2008 to 2014, and prior to that was a senior archivist at Parliament and The National Archives at Kew. Her first book, The Day Parliament Burned Down, won the inaugural Political Book of the Year Award in 2013. It was also shortlisted for a number of other prizes, including ... Read more
Reviews for Mr Barry's War: Rebuilding the Houses of Parliament after the Great Fire of 1834
Shenton brilliantly outlines how from conception to completion, the design and construction of the new Palace of Westminster were a fearsome battleground ... [Parliamentary] colleagues who want to consider the current options and challenges should read Caroline Shenton's Mr Barry's War.
Keith Simpson, Total Politics
This is a wonderful tale, brilliantly told. I shan't ever look at ... Read more
Keith Simpson, Total Politics
This is a wonderful tale, brilliantly told. I shan't ever look at ... Read more