Hardback. 484pp. The story of the influential Edwardian architect and his wife Emily who fell in love with Krishnamurti, 21 years her junior and thought to be the reincarnation of an Indian God. A remarkable story of people and places. Two small selections of black and white plates and an additional selection of colour plates. Jane Ridley is Lutyens' great granddaughter. Small bump to one corner else very clean and neat. Very good copy in like dust jacket Very good copy in like dust jacket.

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Title: The Architect and His Wife: A Life of Edwin Lutyens
Publisher: Chatto and Windus,
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN 10: 0701172010
ISBN 13: 9780701172015
Binding: Hardback
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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A lively new biography of the greatest English architect since Christopher Wren.

Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944) designed the Cenotaph in Whitehall, vast Imperialist buildings in India (including much of New Delhi), Queen Mary’s dolls’ house and Hampstead Garden Suburb. But his greatest heritage is the traditional Edwardian country house. This is the full biography of this witty, complex man who had little formal education, loved jokes and hated growing up. It was authorized by his last surviving daughter, Mary, who died last year.

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Jane Ridley, Lutyen’s great-granddaughter, is an historian at Buckingham University. Her previous books include The Letters of Arthur Balfour and Lady Elcho and a biography of the young Disraeli.

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