Ships of heaven : the private life of Britain's cathedrals
Somerville, Christopher2020
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Place reservation for Ships of heaven : the private life of Britain's cathedralsWhen Christopher Somerville, author of the 'The January Man', set out to explore Britain's cathedrals, he found his fixed ideas shaken to the roots. Starting out, he pictured cathedrals - Britain possesses over 100 - as great unmoving bastions of tradition. But as he journeys among favourites old and new, he discovers buildings and communities that have been in constant upheaval for a thousand years. Here are stories of the monarchs and bishops who ordered the building of these massive but unstable structures, the masons whose genius brought them into being, the peasant labourers who erected (and died on) the scaffolding.
Main title:
Ships of heaven : the private life of Britain's cathedrals / Christopher Somerville.
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Imprint:
London : Doubleday, 2020.London : Doubleday, 2020.
Collation:
viii, 341 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2019.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780857523655 (pbk)
Dewey class:
726.60941
Language:
English
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BRN:
2293267
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