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Sir Christopher Wren, his family and his times: With original letters and a discourse on architecture hitherto unpublished. 1585-1723

Sir Christopher Wren, his family and his times: With original letters and a discourse on architecture hitherto unpublished. 1585-1723

Phillimore, Lucy

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Literary FiguresArchitectsBritish History

ISBN10: 935370166X
ISBN13: 9789353701666
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 15 2019
Pages: 414
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.92 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Behind the skyline of modern London stands a quieter drama: a family, a nation, and the mind that gave the Restoration its stone. London is being built again. Lucy Phillimore's Sir Christopher Wren, his family and his times draws on Wren family correspondence and a rich collected letters edition to place Wren amid the tensions and ambitions of Stuart England history. Part historical biography, part architectural history study, it follows the circles that shaped him, from church politics to scientific enquiry, and keeps an eye on the streets and scaffolds of 17th century London. Alongside the letters, Phillimore presents a discourse on architecture once unpublished, illuminating the principles behind English Baroque architecture and the practical choices of Restoration era architecture. Readers interested in St Paul's Cathedral history will find the backdrop to Wren's greatest commission rendered with clarity and human scale. It becomes a portrait of work, faith, and public duty in a changing kingdom. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. It serves equally as an architecture students reference and as a sourcebook for British history researchers, offering a grounded Sir Christopher Wren biography that reads with the pace of lived experience. For casual readers it is a vivid window into an age of rebuilding; for classic library shelves, an enduring record of how Britain remade its capital in brick, stone, and ideas.

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