The author of the magisterial Englands Thousand Best Churches turns his eye to Englands cathedrals, with fascinating, personal - and often funny - insight into their history and their place in English life...Daugiau...
Provocative, elegant, intriguing - Jenkins is a bold, imaginative writer, brilliant at challenging old assumptions and encouraging you to look at British architecture in a new light Rory StewartClear and admirably concise...a brilliant,...Daugiau...
The untold and revelatory story of why our country looks like it does, from an acclaimed historianThe architecture of Britain is an art gallery in itself. From the streets to squares, through the cities, suburbs and villages, magnifice...Daugiau...
Analyze and transform data efficiently with DuckDB, a versatile, modern, in-process SQL database Key Features Use DuckDB to rapidly load, transform, and query data across a range of sources and formats Gain practical experience...Daugiau...
From the minds eye of master storyteller Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun, Basilisk) and rising star Arjuna Susini (Made Men) comes a darkly glamorous tale of bone-splintering terror at the intersection of shadow and light . . . dream...Daugiau...
Who were the Celts? Were they a people, a civilisation, an empire, or a fiction of historical imagination? They flit as ghosts through Europes ancient past, purported ancestors of the Irish, Welsh, Scottish, Cornish and Bretons. Yet they have never...Daugiau...
The history of the Celts is the history of a misnomer.There has never been a distinct people, race or tribe claiming the name of Celtic, though remnants of different languages and cultures remain throughout Wales, Ireland, Scotland and Cornwall. The...Daugiau...
Studded with infamous figures History of Europe travels briskly from the Roman Empire to the World Wars and the fall of the USSR. What emerges in telling is a continent as defined by its continually clashing cultural identities and violent crises as...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 05-Apr-2022, Hardback, Leidėjas: Rizzoli International Publications, ISBN-13: 9780847871407)
The acclaimed best-selling author and popular historian explores the history of Europe via its cathedrals.Beautifully illustrated with color photographs throughout, this joyous exploration of the history of Western...Daugiau...
By the former editor of the London Times, a vivid, evocative, and deeply knowledgeable history of this unique world capital.London: a settlement founded by the Romans, occupied by the Saxons, conquered by the Danes,...Daugiau...
Sir John Betjeman was born at the start of the twentieth century, and lived to become Poet Laureate, an accomplished writer and campaigner, and something of a national treasure. All his life he loved churches, which are woven into his poetic output....Daugiau...
READERS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY WILL LOVE THIS BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED BOOK! Simon Jenkins has provided a feast for both eyes and mind in this sumptuously illustrated guide to Europes greatest cathedrals John Barton, author of A History of the...Daugiau...
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A sweeping, illustrated history of Europe--a continent whose imperial ambitions, internal clashes, and existential threats are as vital today as they were during the conquests of Alexander the Great In just a few hundred years, a mode...Daugiau...
First published in 1935, this classic snapshot of London in the years before World War II glows with its Austrian authors affection for British life and customs&;yet also abounds with critical insight. Exploring the London scene in a time w...Daugiau...
It is the scene for our hopeful beginnings and our intended ends, and the timeless experiences of coming and going, meeting, greeting, and parting. It is an institution with its own rituals and priests, and a long-neglected aspect of B...Daugiau...
LONDON: a settlement founded by the Romans, occupied by the Saxons, conquered by the Danes and ruled by the Normans. This changeful place became a medieval maze of alleys and courtyards, later to be chequered with grand estates of Georgian splendour....Daugiau...
This classic guide from 1934 gives a brief account and pictorial review of every cathedral in England that existed at the time. Wonderful readable and richly illustrated with photographs and original drawings by Brian Cook, this is still a great read...Daugiau...
