| Description |
272 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
South west England. City of Bath : Georgian elegance and Roman baths ; Cornwall and West Devon mining landscape : pioneering engineers and mining communities ; Dorset and East Devon coast (Jurassic coast) : a living museum of geology ; Stonehenge, Avebury, and associated sites : ancient and mysterious remains -- London and the south east. Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church : a spiritual centre for the Anglican Church ; Maritime Greenwich : where architecture and science meet at 0 degrees longitude ; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew : the celebrated repository of over 40,000 plants ; Tower of London : London's historic fortress ; Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey, and St Margaret's Church : the heart and soul of the democratic nation -- Central England. Blenheim Palace : a triumph of the Baroque set in a princely park ; Derwent Valley mills : the crucible of the factory system ; Ironbridge Gorge : the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution -- Wales. Blaenavon industrial landscape : a location forged from iron, coal, and steam ; Castles and town walls of Edward I in Gwynedd : Conwy, Beaumaris, Harlech, and Caernarfon : the ring of English fortresses surrounding the heart of Wales -- North of England. Durham Castle and Cathedral : a sublime example of medieval architecture ; Frontiers of the Roman Empire : Hadrian's Wall : a monument to Roman military power ; Liverpool, maritime mercantile city : once a world port, now a city of culture ; Saltaire : a model industrial village and testament to Victorian philanthropy ; Studley Royal Park, including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey : a majestic ruin set in a romantic landscape -- Scotland. Old and new towns of Edinburgh : Scotland's beautiful capital ; Frontiers of the Roman Empire : the Antonine Wall : Rome's short-lived boundary in Caledonia ; New Lanark : a progressive utopia founded by Robert Owen ; Heart of Neolithic Orkney : unique remains from prehistory ; St Kilda (Hebrides) : an isolated archipelago with dual World Heritage status -- Ireland. Archaeological ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne : a spectacular ancient ceremonial site ; Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast : a natural wonder and a place of legend ; Skellig Michael : a remote place of pilgrimage in the wild Atlantic. |
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World Heritage areas -- Great Britain -- Guidebooks.
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World Heritage areas -- Ireland -- Guidebooks.
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Historic sites -- Great Britain -- Guidebooks.
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Historic sites -- Ireland -- Guidebooks.
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Great Britain -- Guidebooks.
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Ireland -- Guidebooks.
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Great Britain -- Antiquities -- Guidebooks.
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Ireland -- Antiquities -- Guidebooks.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Geoffrey, 1969-
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| ISBN |
9781566567695 paperback $22.00 |
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1566567696 paperback |
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