'The best account of the subject ... a fresh, feisty book' - Country Life 'Superb photographs and crisp line drawings with extensive captions that are often as illuminating as the text itself' - Architectural Review 'A fine, austere, scholarly book, handsomely produced and illustrated ... thoroughly recommended' - The Architects' Journal 'A wealth of new insights ... original and important ... Read moregeneral account of Gothic architecture ... beautifully designed ...' - Burlington Magazine 'A closely argued work of scholarship which stands out from books like it' - Building Design 'There has long been a need for an adequate synthesis ... It is this that Christopher Wilson has now produced in his well-written and finely illustrated book' - Times Literary Supplement Show Less