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Terms and conditions applyBuilding St Paul's
James W. P. Campbell
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Format: Book
Pages: 176
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Date Published: Feb 2008
Stock Code: 64149
ISBN: 9780500342442
Binding: Hardback
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Building St Pauls tells the story of the cathedral that has dominated Londons skyline for three hundred years and of those responsible for its construction from the time of the disastrous Great Fire to final completion in 1708.
The figure of Sir Christopher Wren is well known, but this book also considers those ordinary craftsmen, the contractors and overseers, the quarrymen on the Isle of Portland, the humble stonemasons and carpenters who shaped the materials.
James Campbell is the first historian to plough through the documents in search of these people: he describes life on a 17th century building site, the workers day-to-day responsibilities, how some were poorly paid while others became millionaires. He also unravels the struggles for money that at one time threatened to undermine the whole enterprise.
Campbells account reaffirms St Pauls not only as one mans masterwork, but as an incredible collaborative achievement.
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