The Shock of the Old: A Guide to British Buildings

by Philip Wilkinson

Book by Wilkinson, Philip

192 pages, Paperback

First published June 23, 2000

About the author

Philip Wilkinson (born 1955) is the author of non-fiction books for children and adults. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He worked as an editor prior to becoming an author.

He specializes in works on history, the arts, religion, and architecture and has written over forty titles.

Reviews

[George · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting format and idea. Some of the chapters were very intersecting e.g. ‘the smoke filled room’ I think was the title for the medieval halls which was fascinating. There was a lot of detail which was great. The modern references was a great thing to have but the references often didn’t feel very inspired. The older chapters were mostly very good but the modern chapter underwhelmed.