St Pancras Station
St Pancras Station
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Résumé
St Pancras station has long been an iconic landmark on the London landscape and one of its most distinctive monuments. This edition is published to coincide with the reopening of Scott's wondrous Gothic hotel. It traces the history of the station, introducing us to the men behind the architecture and looks at its new international status.
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St Pancras Station by Simon Bradley
Simon Bradley traces the history of the station, introducing us to the men behind the architecture and looks at its new international status. This fine new edition includes a fascinating chapter on the new hotel and some timely revisions bringing it fully up to date. 'A marvellous piece of social, aesthetic and technological history... it is impossible to praise Bradley's book too highly' A. N. Wilson, Daily Telegraph 'Brilliantly and with deft hand, Simon Bradley makes sense of it all ... fabulous' Sunday Telegraph 'A masterpiece of historical context ... immensely readable' Sunday Times 'This fine book examines the history of both the church that gave the station its name and the railway terminus ... unexpectedly compelling' Daily Mail
A sprightly social, technological and architectural history.. most entertaining * Evening Standard *
Simon Bradley is editor of the World Famous Buildings of England series, founded by Nikolaus Pevsner, to which he has contributed a number of notable revised volumes. He lives in London.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781846684609 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846684609 |
| Titre | St Pancras Station |
| Auteur | Simon Bradley |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Profile Books Ltd |
| Année de publication | 2011-03-17 |
| Nombre de pages | 240 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |