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The Phoenix: St. Paul's Cathedral And The Men Who Made Modern London: St. Paul's Cathedral and the Men Who Made Modern London
enlarge	Author: Leo Hollis Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Category: Book List Price: ~~Ł20.00~~ Buy New: Ł9.95 You Save: Ł10.05 (50%) New (22) Used (3) Collectible (1) from Ł9.95 Rating: 3 reviews Sales Rank: 14383 Media: Hardcover Pages: 408 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3 Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.6 ISBN: 0297850776 EAN: 9780297850779 ASIN: 0297850776 Publication Date: May 8, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Condition: Brand new book, in stock and dispatched from the UK. Freepost returns.


Customer Reviews: Rebuilding London June 30, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful This is well researched and very readable account of the financial, engineering and political problems which had to be overcome in building St Pauls Cathedral. It gives a considerable insight into the forces which shaped modern London and the lives of the prominent people involved. Nice try, but no cigar June 18, 2008 2 out of 4 found this review helpful Leo Hollis started with a promising concept: showing how innovative intellects combined to shape history at a critical juncture. And there can be no doubt--the Restoration and the Dutch invasion of 1688 were key events that must be understood by anyone who has ever wondered why and how Britain transformed the world. And transform it, it did. Under the Stuarts, Britain was a third-rate power, dependent upon French subsidies. A century and a half later, Britain's industrial, political and financial revolutions had begun the process by which the majority of mankind have been freed from hunger and hardship. Alas, Hollis hasn't quite pulled it off. The central threads of the book--the rebuilding of London (and more specifically, St Pauls) after the fire of London--are more symptoms than causes of the remarkable changes that occurred after 1666. Even though I was intrigued by his inclusion of Nicholas Barbon--Britain's first property speculator, and an original thinker who has hitherto received little notice--the book doesn't quite work as a narrative, or as a coherent overview of intellectual, political and commercial change. The subject is just too big. This said, it's not a bad read, and I daresay that non-specialists will learn a lot from it. But it doesn't really rank with the many first-class popular histories that are now appearing. Out of the ashes - a great and well-told story. June 2, 2008 3 out of 7 found this review helpful The intricate and human story of the rebuilding of St Paul's after the Great Fire is the drumbeat to which this book marches, and that alone keeps you turning the pages - but it is much more than the story of the vast difficulties Christopher Wren overcame in pushing his vision for the cathedral to its final bold conclusion. Wren's architecture was indeed philosophy as well as politics expressed in stone. Leo Hollis does an expert job of weaving Locke's developing political philosophy into the process, while Evelyn and the increasingly deranged Hooke stride through the burnt-out ruins of London laying the ground for its problematic rebirth. 'The Phoenix' gives an excellent insight into the the seventeenth century turning point that produced modern London and there's a rogue we can all enjoy hating in Barbon, the prototype of the modern property developer. It's a very good read.