God's Architect by Rosemary Hill
Pugin was one of Britain's greatest architects and his short career one of the dramatic in architectural history. This book draws on letters and drawings to recreate his life and work as architect, propagandist and romantic artist as well as the story of his three marriages, the bitterness of his last years and his sudden death at 40.
a very remarkable book about a very remarkable man * AN. Wilson *
A magnificent biography, as sumptuous and intricate as anything Pugin built * John Carey *
as the readable biography of a most protean and brilliant man, it is worthy of the best of his buildings * Colm Toibin *
An excellent and detailed biography * Peter Ackroyd *
A magnificent biography, as sumptuous and intricate as anything Pugin built * John Carey *
as the readable biography of a most protean and brilliant man, it is worthy of the best of his buildings * Colm Toibin *
An excellent and detailed biography * Peter Ackroyd *
Rosemary Hill is a writer and historian and a trustee of the Victorian Society. She has published widely on 19th and 20th century cultural history and sits on the editorial board of the London Review of Books. From 2004-05 she was a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140280999 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140280995 |
| Title | God's Architect |
| Author | Rosemary Hill |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-08-07 |
| Number of pages | 656 |
| Prizes | Winner of Wolfson Literary Award for History 2008, Winner of Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2008, Short-listed for James Tait Black Memorial Book Prize: Biography 2008 |
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