Mr Barry's War: Rebuilding the Houses of Parliament After the Great Fire of 1834 by Caroline Shenton

Mr Barry's War: Rebuilding the Houses of Parliament After the Great Fire of 1834

Caroline Shenton

304 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

informative reflective slow-paced
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When the brilliant classical architect Charles Barry won the competition to build a new, Gothic, Houses of Parliament in London he thought it was the chance of a lifetime. It swiftly turned into the most nightmarish building programme of the centu...

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