LEADER 04607cam 2200589 i 4500001 ssj0002452824 003 WaSeSS 005 20211012081143.0 006 m d 007 cr n 008 160216t20162016enkaef sb 001 0 eng d 010 2016933516 015 GBB689399 |2bnb 016 7 017910338 |2Uk 020 9780198707196 020 0198707193 035 (WaSeSS)ssj0002452824 040 ERASA |beng |cERASA |dYDXCP |dBDX |dBTCTA |dNLE |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dGZN |dIUL |dOCL |dTFW |dU3G |dOCLCA |dQCL |dEYM |dYDX |dNJR |dUKMGB |dBDP |dDLC |dWaSeSS 042 lccopycat 049 EREENEHH 050 00 DA687.W6 |bS543 2016 082 04 723-724 100 1 Shenton, Caroline. |=^A1143055 245 10 Mr Barry's war |h[electronic resource] : |brebuilding the houses of Parliament after the Great Fire of 1834 / |cCaroline Shenton. 250 First edition. 260 Oxford, United Kingdom ;New York : |bOxford University Press, |c2016. 300 ix, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations, plan ; |c24 cm 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Fire (1834 -- 1837) -- A New Tooth -- A Clump of Thistles -- A Beautiful and Appropriate Design -- Water (1837 -- 1843) -- A Clear Understanding -- A Bondage Worse than the Egyptians -- A Very Heavy Expence -- Air (1844 -- 1852) -- A Regular Fix -- A Very Difficult Work -- A Metropolitan Asylum -- Earth (1852 -- 1860) -- A Monstrous Failure -- A More Cunning and Intriguing Man -- The Great Work. 506 Available only to authorized users. 520 8 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 a lifetime. It swiftly turned into the most nightmarish building programme of the century. From the beginning, its design, construction and decoration were a battlefield. The practical and political forces ranged against him were immense. The new Palace of Westminster had to be built on acres of unstable quicksand, while the Lords and Commons carried on their work as usual. Its river frontage, a quarter of a mile long, needed to be constructed in the treacherous currents of the Thames. Its towers were so gigantic they required feats of civil engineering and building technology never used before. And the interior demanded spectacular new Gothic features not seen since the middle ages. Rallying the genius of his collaborator Pugin; flanking the mad schemes of a host of crackpot inventors, ignorant busybodies and hostile politicians; attacking strikes, sewage and cholera; charging forward three times over budget and massively behind schedule, it took twenty-five years for Barry to achieve victory with his 'Great Work' in the face of overwhelming odds, and at great personal cost. 'Mr Barry's war' takes up where its prize-winning prequel The Day Parliament Burned Down left off, telling the story of how the greatest building programme in Britain for centuries produced the world's most famous secular cathedral to democracy. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web 610 20 Westminster Palace (London, England) |xHistory |y19th century. |=^A466449 610 27 Westminster Palace (London, England) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00631319 |?UNAUTHORIZED 648 7 1800-1899 |2fast 650 0 Public buildings |zGreat Britain |xDesign and construction |xHistory |y19th century. |=^A77715 650 0 Fires |zEngland |zLondon |xHistory |y19th century. |=^A837966 650 7 Fires. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00925697 650 7 Public buildings |xDesign and construction. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01082106 651 7 England |zLondon. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204271 |?UNAUTHORIZED 651 7 Great Britain. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204623 |?UNAUTHORIZED 655 0 Electronic books. |=^A491897 856 40 |zFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/eastcarolina/detail.action?docID=4706322 947 (OCoLC)ocn940691350 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJOYNER188 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hHSL77 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJMUSIC60 596 1 3 4 998 5700007