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ENGLISH PARISH CHURCHES
"A feast
to the eye, a pleasure to read and an incentive to seek out the
architectural treasures that one has hitherto missed."
—The Times
"A fine memorial to a man whose affectionate and discerning eye always managed to capture the essence and the Englishness of the churches that gave him so much pleasure." —Country Life ISBN 0-500-20139-0 · 214 illustrations |
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The
late Sir John Betjeman described this volume as "a gem of a book . . . condensed
knowledge without being stodgy, affectionate without being mawkish."
From the Saxon simplicity of the little church of St. Lawrence at
Bradford-on-Avon to the late Victorian splendor of Holy Trinity, Sloane
Street, London, Edwin Smith's photographs of parish churches epitomize
English history and the English way of life. Graham Hutton's enthusiastic
texts set the buildings in their social and historical context, while
Olive Cook, Edwin Smith's window, provides illuminating notes to the
pictures.