Around the World in 80 Treasures
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: August 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780297843993
Subjects: Travel writing; Travel; Travel - General; Essays & Travelogues; MASSACHUSETTS/NewEng - MA TRANSPORTATION; Travel / Essays & Travelogues; Civilization; History; Technology and civilization
Description: One of Britain's leading authorities on historic architecture takes readers on a tour of mankind's greatest monuments in this companion volume to the BBC television series. Documenting his extraordinary four and a half month journey to eighty historic sites around the world, Dan Cruickshank's new book is lavishly illustrated with majestic images of international treasures like the Great Wall of China and the Parthenon in Athens, as well as American wonders such as the Statue of Liberty.