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The story of Britain's best buildings

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BBC Worldwide, Oct 10, 2002 - Architecture - 256 pages

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Rating: 6/10 A companion book to a BBC series. Features 8 British buildings, some well-known (Blenheim) and some not (Highpoint One). More interesting than it sounds especially the stories of how the ... Read full review

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This volume highlights eight remarkable buildings-Durham Castle, Windsor Castle, Tower Bridge, Holyrood House, Blenheim Palace, Cardiff Castle, Midland Grand Hotel, and Highpoint One-and their place ... Read full review

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TitleThe story of Britain's best buildings
AuthorDan Cruickshank
Editionillustrated
PublisherBBC Worldwide, 2002
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized18 Aug 2010
Length256 pages
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