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The history of Britain told through the stories of twenty-five notable buildings, from the Iron Age fortification of Maiden Castle in Dorset to the Gherkin.

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An examination of the Palladian style, inspired by the Classicism of Italian architect Palladio.

The complete guide for owners and occupiers of houses dating from the classic period of British domestic architecture

The killing of holders of high office for a predetermined political or ideological purpose is a practice as old as power politics itself. ASSASSINATED! tells the darkly sensational story of twenty centuries of political murder, from the Roman era to the present. It includes accounts of many of the most infamous assassinations in history, from the slaying of Julius Caesar in 44 BC to the shooting of President Kennedy in 1963.

The English painter Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) is perhaps best known for his mystical biblical scenes and candid self-portraits, but it was his magnificent paintings of gardens, houses and landscapes, set in the small alleys and overgrown backyards of his home village of Cookham, which proved more popular during his lifetime.

This gripping and vivid book is, amazingly, the first comprehensive world history of the most important transport innovation of the modern age.

An introduction to the architectural development, the social significance and, in the last century, the dramatic fall and rise of the English railway station.

This groundbreaking architectural history examines what people actually wanted in their institutional and private patronage over the last two centuries as opposed to what architects and theorists thought they should want - as seen through the prism of Oxford's principal building contractor and craft practitioner, Symm & Company.

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A study of the form of domestic Neo-Classicism, named after Robert Adam.

The Life of the Automobile is the first comprehensive world history of the car.The automobile has arguably shaped the modern era more profoundly than any other human invention, and author Steven Parissien examines the impact, development, and significance of the automobile over its turbulent and colorful 130-year history. Readers learn the grand and turbulent history of the motor car, from its earliest appearance in the 1880s-as little more th...