St Pancras Station

Simon Bradley (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2011 | Main
Profile Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84668-460-9 (ISBN)

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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.

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

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.3.2011
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 196 mm
Gewicht	176 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
Themenwelt	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	1-84668-460-9 / 1846684609
ISBN-13	978-1-84668-460-9 / 9781846684609
Zustand	Neuware