* Published to coincide with the 90th anniversary of the end of the Great War * Detailed illustrated study of the war memorials, war cemeteries and and individual monuments designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens for the Imperial War Graves Commission. * Features the Cenotaph in Whitehall and the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme at Thiepval, and fifty-five more Lutyens memorials and monuments * Includes a complete guide to visiting the sites (with star ratings)
A beautifully produced tribute to that great architect's work on cemeteries and memorials. Spectator The definitive work on the famous architect and the more than 50 memorials he designed in cities, towns and villages in Britain and abroad. Southern Daily Echo A revelation to see here his memorials and cemeteries in more than fifty cities, towns, and villages in Britian and abroad, all put into context by the fascinating text. The top-quality photography further enhances this moving collection. Good Book Guide Gavin Stamp introduces this book, finely illustrated and an excellent and succinct gazetteer of Lutyens' prolific public works output. Victorian Very highly recommended and the publishers are to be congratulated on the very high quality of the reproduction of the photographs. Stand to! Western Front Association The authors tell a fascinating and, in places, surprising story. The illustrations of the cemeteries as they stand today are breathtaking, and make it abundantly clear how mauch care and attention continues to go into their upkeep. Three appendicies also bring all of the Lutyens memorials together in print for the first time. C20 A well-researched, balanced account of Lutyen's memorials... the illustrations alone provide a valuable resource for anyone interested in these works. Nearly a quarter of the book is given over to appendices providing details and illustrations of each of Lutyens's extant war memorials, together with a personal rating system indicating sites that 'should not be missed by any serious admirer of Lutyens'. Art Book Lavishly illustrated, and intelligently and clearly written...Contains a very useful catalogue of the entire corpus of cemeteries and memorials, a concluding chapter on the 'unbuilts' - the Great Yarmouth War memorial deserves to be - and helpful instructions for visitors wishing to undertake the necessary pilgrimage by car through northern France and Flanders Fields. Burlington Magazine
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