The Cathedrals of England

(Paperback, Revised Edition)

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This exhilarating study focuses on some of the most exciting and groundbreaking manifestations of English architectural genius.

With great verve and learning, Alec Clifton-Taylor leads us through nine centuries of English cathedral architecture and decoration, from their Norman beginnings through the flowering of Gothic to the concrete and metal structures of the twentieth century.

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'[Alec Clifton-Taylor's] characteristically personal approach, with its strongly held and strongly expressed opinions, blows a lot of cobwebs off a subject that might seem to have been over-explored already' - Times Literary Supplement
'Informed and enthusiastic' - The Architectural Review

Author Bio

Alec Clifton-Taylor, OBE was an English architectural historian, writer and TV broadcaster.