Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings by James Crawford

Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings

James Crawford

592 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction historical history challenging informative slow-paced

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Buildings are more like us than we realise. They can be born into wealth or poverty, enjoying every privilege or struggling to make ends meet. They have parents -- gods, kings and emperors, governments, visionaries and madmen -- as well as friends...

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