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Westminster Abbey: The Monuments
Since medieval times, great figures in British history have been buried in Westminster Abbey with fine monuments built to their memory. These include Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots, Gladstone, Disraeli and Canning, writers and musicians such as Dickens, Handel and Purcell, and a great many distinguished generals and admirals. This guide to the Abbey starts at the main...more
Paperback, 1st, 128 pages
Published
1989
by John Murray Ltd.
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With over a thousand years of history behind it, Westminster Abbey is the repository of memory in the heart of London. Anyone who is anyone in the United Kingdom tried to get themselves buried in the Abbey for hundreds of years. Those who were buried elsewhere were often honored with a monument as grand as a life-sized sculpture or as simple as a plaque on the wall. One could spend hours wandering amongst the statuary inside the church and still miss many gems.
The abbey’s website says, “Taken as...more
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