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Pages: 296
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This book covers the history of 'Big Ben', the great clock and bells at Westminster, from the origins of Westminster as the seat of government right up to the c
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Authors: Edward J. Gillin
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-11-09 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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The Palace of Westminster, home to Britain's Houses of Parliament, is one of the most studied buildings in the world. What is less well known is that while Parl
Mr Barry's War
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Pages: 309
Authors: Caroline Shenton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-26 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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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
Marking Modern Times
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Alexis McCrossen
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-05 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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In Marking Modern Times, Alexis McCrossen relates how the American preoccupation with time led people from across social classes to acquire watches and clocks,
Victorian Time
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: T. Ferguson
Categories: Literary Criticism
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Victorian Time examines how literature of the era registers the psychological impact of the onset of a modern, industrialized experience of time as time-saving