The Great Houses of London
From 1978 to 1983 David Pearce was secretary of the world's oldest conservation body, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.  After five years as editor of the planning journal Built Environment, he became in 1975 a founder of "SAVE Britains Heritage" and was its Vice-Chairman for five years.  Qualified as an architect in 1963 David Pearce turned to writing in the 1970's.  He has co-edited a history of railway architecture, written numerous articles and a series of guides to historic buildings, furniture, and fire-places.  In 1989 he was deputy director of the "Conservation Today" exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.  His more recent work involves writing fiction, and he is shortly to have a novel published.