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Buildings are more like us than we realize. They can be born into wealth or poverty, enjoying every privilege or struggling to make ends meet. They have parents?gods, kings and emperors, governments, visionaries and madmen?as well as friends and enemies. They have duties and responsibilities. They can endure crises of faith and purpose. They can succeed or fail. They can live. And, sooner or later, they die.In Fallen Glory, James Crawford uncovers the biographies of some of the world?s most fascinating lost and ruined buildings, from the dawn of civilization to the cyber era. The lives of these iconic structures are packed with drama and intrigue. Soap operas on the grandest scale, they feature war and religion, politics and art, love and betrayal, catastrophe and hope. Frequently their afterlives have been no less dramatic?their memories used and abused down the millennia for purposes both sacred and profane. They provide the stage for a startling array of characters, including
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Author : James Crawford
Pages : 592 pages
Publisher : Picador
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ISBN-10 : 1250118298
ISBN-13 : 9781250118295
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