A History of England in 100 Places - from Stonehenge to the Gherkin

Zusatztext 'Enthralling . . . Take it on a "staycation' and be astonished afresh over architectural delights' Informationen zum Autor After National Service, John Julius Norwich (1929-2018) took a degree in French and Russian at New College, Oxford. In 1952 he joined the Foreign Service serving at the embassies in Belgrade and Beirut and with the British Delegation to the Disarmament Conference at Geneva. His publications include The Normans in Sicily ; Mount Athos (with Reresby Sitwell); Sahara ; The Architecture of Southern England ; Glyndebourne ; and A History of Venice . He was also the author of a three-volume history of the Byzantine Empire. He wrote and presented some thirty historical documentaries for television, and was a regular lecturer on Venice and numerous other subjects. Lord Norwich was chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund, Co-chairman of the World Monuments Fund and a former member of the Executive Committee of the National Trust. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the Royal Geographical Society and the Society of Antiquaries, and a Commendatore of the Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana. He was made a CVO in 1993. Klappentext From battlefield to sacred building, from castle to cottage, from the Bridgwater Canal to Blackpool Pier, historian John Julius Norwich tells the political, social, religious and economic story of England through 100 key places you can still visit today. Our nation's story told through 100 of the most important sites - from Stonehenge to the Gherkin Zusammenfassung Our nation's story told through 100 of the most important sites - from Stonehenge to the Gherkin

Product details

• Authors: John Julius Norwich, John Julius Norwich, Norwich John Julius
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.05.2012
• EAN: 9781848546097
• ISBN: 978-1-84854-609-7
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 199 mm x 36 mm
• Series: JOHN MURRAY
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; England, European History, Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, HISTORY / Europe / General, TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, Non fiction: history and politics