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His Invention So Fertile

Autor Adrian Tinniswood
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 mai 2002
Christopher Wren (1632-1723) was the greatest architect Britain has ever known. But more than that - he was a founder of the Royal Society, he mapped the moon and the stars, investigated the problem of longitude and the rings of Saturn, and carried out groundbreaking experiments into the circulation of the blood. Adrian Tinniswood also shows us the man behind the legend - married and widowed twice - scrambling over building sites, going to the theatre and drinking in coffee-houses. And he shows clearly why Wren remains a cultural icon as both a creation and a creator of the world he lived in.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780712673648
ISBN-10: 0712673644
Pagini: 512
Ilustrații: 24pp halftones
Dimensiuni: 154 x 236 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Editura: Vintage Publishing
Locul publicării:United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Adrian Tinniswood is a historian and educationalist. He lectures regularly in Britain and the US, and was for many years consultant to the National Trust on heritage education. He is the author of eleven books of social and architectural history including His Invention So Fertile, his acclaimed biography of Sir Christopher Wren. His most recent book, The Verneys, was shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction.

Recenzii

“This lively, sympathetic and hugely informative biography brings us closer to Wren than ever before.” – Frances Spalding, Independent
"This lively, sympathetic and hugely informative biography brings us closer to Wren than ever before" -- Frances Spalding Independent "Cleanly written, diligently researched and powered by an engrossing passion for its subject" -- Andrew Motion Financial Times "Adrian Tinniswood is undaunted by the breadth of Wren's career and has written a fine, well-balanced biography" -- Michael Prodger Sunday Telegraph "Lively, knowledgeable, affectionate...[a] fine biography" -- Jenny Uglow Sunday Times "This work is by no means a conventional architectural history. But then Christopher Wren was by no means a conventional architect" -- Peter J.M. Wayne Spectator