Richard Jenkyns is professor of the classical tradition, University of Oxford, and a fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. His previous books include Dignity and Decadence: Victorian Art and the Classical Inheritance and Virgil's Experience.
Fifteen royal weddings and thirty-eight coronations - Westminster Abbey was the venue for a sixteenth royal wedding, that of Kate Middleton and Prince William. In this superb book, Jenkyns weaves together with wit and charm the significance of this iconic building and its history.
Richard Jenkyns is professor of the classical tradition, University of Oxford, and a fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. His previous books include Dignity and Decadence: Victorian Art and the Classical Inheritance and Virgil's Experience.
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