England's Thousand Best Churches

Informationen zum Autor Simon Jenkins is author of the bestselling A Short History of England, A Short History of Europe, Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations , England's Thousand Best Churches and England's Thousand Best Houses . He is a former Editor of the Evening Standard and The Times , and columnist for the Guardian . Klappentext Simon Jenkins is author of the bestselling A Short History of England, A Short History of Europe, Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations , England's Thousand Best Churches and England's Thousand Best Houses . He is a former Editor of the Evening Standard and The Times , and columnist for the Guardian . Zusammenfassung The author has travelled the length and breadth of England to select his thousand best churches. Organised by county, each church is described - often with delightful asides - and given a star-rating from one to five. In this title, he contends that these churches house a gallery of vernacular art without equal in the world.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Jenkins, Jenkins Simon
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.07.2012
• EAN: 9781846146640
• ISBN: 978-1-84614-664-0
• No. of pages: 880
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 237 mm x 45 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; England, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious, Social and cultural history, Religious buildings, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, Architecture: religious buildings