Liverpool Cathedral is one of the largest and greatest church buildings in the world. Visitors marvel both at the scale and beauty of the great interior, while the building's towering profile dominates the skyline for miles around. This magnificent place of worship was planned and built entirely during the twentieth century, and its construction is therefore fully documented in thousands of letters, papers and photographs. Former Cathedral Education Officer Peter Kennerley has had unlimited access to the vast archives and ...
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Liverpool Cathedral is one of the largest and greatest church buildings in the world. Visitors marvel both at the scale and beauty of the great interior, while the building's towering profile dominates the skyline for miles around. This magnificent place of worship was planned and built entirely during the twentieth century, and its construction is therefore fully documented in thousands of letters, papers and photographs. Former Cathedral Education Officer Peter Kennerley has had unlimited access to the vast archives and he has woven the facts into a fascinating and lively narrative which truly brings the characters and events to life. What soon becomes clear is that there are two separate but interwoven threads running through this unique chronicle. First, there is the story of the building itself - its architect and the hundreds of craftsmen who worked in stone, brick, wood and glass. Second, there is also the broader story of the building of a cathedral community in the heart of a great modern city. No one reading this brilliant account could fail to be awed by the vision that conceived of such a structure, nor by the skill and tenacity that went into its creation. It is small wonder that it still plays such an important part in the life of Liverpool in the twenty-first century.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Glossy pictorial card covers, small 4to, pp.232. Colour plates, bw ills. Very slight ripple to book and covers but no signs of damp in otherwise very clean and sound copy. VG.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
This is certainly not a book for everyone. The theme of church architecture is not a theme that will make a dedicated reader of fiction breathless with anticipation. Still, those of us with a background in the visual arts and/or a love of church architecture will enjoy reading about the creation and building of this magnificent cathedral perhaps as much as we enjoy reading of the Sistine Chapel or Chartres Cathedral. Some may even find it engossing - especially if they enjoy reading about frail humans building a marvelous behemoth of stone, from the ground up.