On a Grander Scale by Lisa Jardine
The man behind the bold, imposing beauty of St. Paul's Cathedral was as remarkable as the monuments he left us. Sir Christopher Wren was a versatile genius: a mathematical prodigy, accomplished astronomer, skillful anatomist, and a founder of the Royal Society. His royal employment outlasted abdication, Dutch invasion, and the eventual demise of the Stuart Dynasty.
But Wren is best known for what he described later in life as "rubbish" -- architecture. Despite his self-deprecation, Wren was a major force in the reconstruction of London after the devastating fire of 1666 and his work is still revered today. In On a Grander Scale, historian Lisa Jardine recounts the life of this master architect, evoking the 17th century and all of its political, scientific and social upheavals.Lisa Jardine is the author of The Awful End of Prince William the Silent and The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man who Measured London. She is professor of Renaissance studies at Queen Mary, University of London, and Director of the AHRB Research Centre for Editing Lives and Letters there. She is also an Honorary Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and has judged many literary awards, including the Orange Prize and the Booker Prize."Imaginative, fluent and scholarly ... it helps round out our understanding of a man who is both famous and simultaneously unknown, even unknowable." -- London Times| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780060959104 |
| ISBN 10 | 006095910X |
| Title | On a Grander Scale |
| Author | Lisa Jardine |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 2004-02-03 |
| Number of pages | 624 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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