THE WORLD'S GREATEST ROYAL PALACES. INCLUDING THE ROYAL PALACES OF OSLO, STOCKHOLM AND COPENHAGEN.

Morelli, Marcello, editor. (Maria Luisa Moncassoli Tibone, Salvatore Ciro Nappo, Milena Ercole Pozzoli, Giuseppe Mazzocchi, Michael Leech, Maria Longhena, Paola Calore, Heidi Bocker, Peter Kristiansen, Frantisek Kadlec, Thomas Thiis-Evensen, et al.

ISBN 10: 1840133732 / ISBN 13: 9781840133738

Published by Grange, Hoo, Rochester, 2000

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304 pp, folio (14 1/4" H). Profusely illustrated in colour. "Built to astonish and to celebrate the magnificence of the most powerful families in the world, royal palaces and houses are the consequences of an age in which the splendor and opulence of a prince or a people could be measured by the decor of a salon, by the grandeur of a building or the originality of a fountain. Suspended between the sky and the earth, as occurred in the Far East, or solidly rooted to the ground, as was the norm in Europe, the house of the monarch has always been the meeting point of two minds: that of the master, who saw in his house the expression of his power and creativity, and that of the architect and teams of craftsmen who built it for him, often creating a noble monument rather than a place to live. This book tells of the mysteries and legends of the buildings and the official and secret versions of the history of their occupants. The text is complemented by a series of splendid photographs that together offer the reader a visit through space and time to the most famous palaces of the world where the lives of royal families and their courts burned bright and where beauty mixed with power." Palaces covered: Royal Palace of Turin; Royal Palace of Caserta; Royal Palace of Versailles, Castle of Chambord; Castle of Fontainebleau; Alhambra; Escorial; Royal Palace of Queluz; Buckingham Palace; Hampton Court; Castle of Brussels; Het Loo Palace; Castle of Neuschwanstein; Castle of Charlottenburg; Sans Souci; Schonbrunn; Esterhaza; Castle of Prague; Palace of Wilanow; Rosenborg; Royal Palace in Oslo; Royal Palace in Stockholm; Kremlin; Karskoe Selo; Peterhof; Topkapi Palace; Amber Fort; Red Fort in Delhi; Forbidden City; Royal Palace in Bangkok. Small bump to three corners and to top/bottom of rear hinge. Dust jacket has light wear at corners and top/bottom of hinges, wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE WORLD'S GREATEST ROYAL PALACES. INCLUDING THE ROYAL PALACES OF OSLO, STOCKHOLM AND COPENHAGEN.
• Publisher: Grange, Hoo, Rochester
• Publication Date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1840133732
• ISBN 13: 9781840133738
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Royalty

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FROM THE PUBLISHER This book tells of the mysteries and legends of the buildings and the official and secret versions of the history of their occupants. The text is complemented by as series of splendid photographs that together transport the reader on a visit to a place where lives of royal families and their courts burned bright and where beauty was mixed with power, the Royal Palaces.