ISBN : 9780198707202
The Houses of Parliament is one of the most famous buildings in the world. It is a masterpiece of Victorian architecture and a spectacular feat of civil engineering: a London landmark, instantly recognisable. Yet from the beginning, its design, construction and decoration was a battlefield, and it took twenty five years and over two million pounds to complete. This, the sequel to the award-winning The Day Parliament Burned Down, tells the true story of the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster in the face of incredible odds, and of the battle by its architect Charles Barry to achieve his goal of creating nothing less than a secular cathedral to democracy.
Prologue
FIRE (1834-1837)
1 A New Tooth
2 A Clump of Thistles
3 A Beautiful and Appropriate Design
WATER (1837-1843)
4 A Clear Understanding
5 A Bondage Worse than the Egyptians
6 A Very Heavy Expence
AIR (1844-1852)
7 A Regular Fix
8 A Very Difficult Work
9 A Metropolitan Asylum
EARTH (1852-1860)
10 A Monstrous Failure
11 A More Cunning and Intriguing Man
12 The Great Work
Epilogue
Select Bibliography
Index