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After the Fire: London Churches in the Age of Wren, Hawksmoor and Gibbs
Angelo Hornak
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Description for After the Fire: London Churches in the Age of Wren, Hawksmoor and Gibbs
Hardcover. A glorious photographic survey of the London churches built in the sixty years after the Great Fire Num Pages: 384 pages, 280 colour and black and white photographs and illustrations; 65,000 words. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; AMN; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 281 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2020.
`London was but is no more!' In these words diarist John Evelyn summed up the destruction wrought by the Great Fire that swept through the City of London in 1666. The losses included St Paul's Cathedral and eight-seven parish churches (as well as at least thirteen thousand houses). In After the Fire, celebrated photographer and architectural historian Angelo Hornak explores, with the help of his own stunning photographs, the churches built in London during the sixty years that followed the Great Fire, as London rose from the ashes, more beautiful - and far ... Read more
`London was but is no more!' In these words diarist John Evelyn summed up the destruction wrought by the Great Fire that swept through the City of London in 1666. The losses included St Paul's Cathedral and eight-seven parish churches (as well as at least thirteen thousand houses). In After the Fire, celebrated photographer and architectural historian Angelo Hornak explores, with the help of his own stunning photographs, the churches built in London during the sixty years that followed the Great Fire, as London rose from the ashes, more beautiful - and far ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pimpernel Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910258088
SKU
V9781910258088
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-98
About Angelo Hornak
Angelo Hornak is the author of Balloon over Britain (1991) and London from the Thames (1999) and has provided the photographs for many books, including histories of St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey and the cathedrals of Canterbury, Winchester, Wells, Exeter and Ely. He lives in London and Norfolk. The Rt. Rev. ... Read more
Reviews for After the Fire: London Churches in the Age of Wren, Hawksmoor and Gibbs
The buildings that transformed London's skyline in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, described and beautifully photographed by the author.
Country Life
The perfect Christmas present.
Skyline - Friends of the City Churches
As London's remarkable 18th century skyline has since been subsumed by giant `shards', `walkie talkies' and `cheese graters'...we ... Read more
Country Life
The perfect Christmas present.
Skyline - Friends of the City Churches
As London's remarkable 18th century skyline has since been subsumed by giant `shards', `walkie talkies' and `cheese graters'...we ... Read more