Christopher Somerville Ships Of Heaven (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)All Tariffs and Duties included - no additional charges
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Christopher Somerville Ships Of Heaven (Paperback) (UK IMPORT). He brings his formidable knowledge to bear on his personal quest to explore the cathedrals in this entrancing book’. Topic: Architecture & Antiques. Format: Paperback. Missing Information?. Item Weight: 264g. Further DetailsTitle: Ships Of Heaven Condition: New Description: ‘Somerville is one of our finest gazetteers of the British countryside. He brings his formidable knowledge to bear on his personal quest to explore the cathedrals in this entrancing book’ The Spectator Christopher Somerville, author of the acclaimed The January Man , pictured cathedrals as great unmoving bastions of tradition. But as he journeys among Britian’s 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 construction of these buildings, the masons whose genius brought them into being, and the peasants who worked and died on the scaffolding. We learn of rogue saints exploited by holy sinners, the pomp and prosperity that followed these ships of stone, the towns that grew up in their shadows.Meeting believers and non-believers, architects and archaeologists, the cleaner who dusts the monuments and the mason who judges stone by its taste, we delve deep into the private lives and the uncertain future of these ever-voyaging Ships of Heaven.‘Somerville paints word pictures of exquisite quality’Church Times Author: Christopher Somerville EAN: 9780857523655 Format: Paperback ISBN: 9780857523655 Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 127mm Item Width: 22mm Item Weight: 264g Language: English ISBN-10: 0857523651 Genre: History Publisher: Doubleday Release Date: 03/19/2020 Subtitle: The Private Life of Britain’s Cathedrals Topic: Architecture & Antiques Release Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
