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The English folly : the edifice complex /
"If this were a novel, the tales of astounding wealth, sexual perversion, murder, munificence, rape, insanity, brutality, slavery, religious mania, selfishness, snobbery, charity, suicide, generosity, theft, madness, wickedness, failure and eccentricity which unfold in these pages would be too...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Liverpool] ; Swindon :
Published by Liverpool University Press on behalf of Historic England,
2020.
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| Colección: | Historic England.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Bones of the ancients: druids, hermits and pharaohs
- 2. Heaven's Gate: arches, gateways, bridges and lodges
- 3. Pavilions of splendour: hovels, cottages, pavilions and palaces
- 4. Cloud-capp'd towers: towers, pinnacles and steeples
- 5. Rooms with a view: gazebos and eyecatchers
- 6. No love affair is complete without a grotto: grottoes, caves and tunnels
- 7. Mantling ivy: shamruins and castles
- 8. The genius of the place: folly groups and gardens
- 9. 9. Animal crackers: aviaries, deerfolds, dairies, dovecotes, pig palaces etc.
- 10. We too: women and follies
- 11. Remembrance of things past: mausolea, monuments, memorials and memories
- 12. The poor man at the gate: scrap shacks and jardins imaginaires
- 13. Golli-Gosperado: a miscellany of curiosities.