Mr Barry's war : rebuilding the houses of parliament after the great fire of 1834 / Caroline Shenton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shenton, Caroline, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Parliament--History.

Great Britain.

England--London.

Public buildings--Great Britain--Design and construction--History--19th century.

Public buildings.

Fires--England--London--History--19th century.

Fires.

Public buildings--Design and construction.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

The saga of the epic battle to re-build the Houses of Parliament after the great fire of 1834, this is also the story of how the greatest construction programme in Britain for centuries produced one of the most famous and instantly recognizable buildings ever built

Contents:

Cover ; Mr Barry'sWar: Rebuilding the Houses of Parliament After the Great Fire of 1834 ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; Acknowledgements ; Note to the reader; Plan of the Principal Floor of the Palace of Westminster ; Colour Plates ; Prologue; I: Fire: 1834-1837 ; 1: A New Tooth: October 1834 to June 1835 ; 2: A Clump of Thistles: June 1835 to January 1836 ; 3: A Beautiful and Appropriate Design: February 1836 to July 1837 ; II: WATER: 1837-1843 ; 4: A Clear Understanding: July 1837 to December 1838 ; 5: A Bondage Worse than the Egyptians: 1839 to 1841

6: A Very Heavy Expence: November 1841 to December 1843 III: AIR: 1844-1852 ; 7: A Regular Fix: 1844 ; 8: A Very Difficult Work: 1845 to 1846 ; 9: A Metropolitan Asylum: 1847 to 1850 ; IV: Earth: 1852-1860 ; 10: A Monstrous Failure: 1849 to 1851 ; 11: A More Cunning and Intriguing Man: 1852 to 1856 ; 12: The Great Work: 1856 to 1860 ; Epilogue; Notes; Prologue; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Epilogue; Select Bibliography; Abbreviations; Manuscript Sources; Newspapers; Printed Works

List of Illustrations List of Colour Plates ; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 13, 2016).

ISBN:

0-19-101697-7

OCLC:

953695058