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The buildings that transformed London's skyline in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, described and beautifully photographed by the author. * Country Life * The perfect Christmas present. * Skyline - Friends of the City Churches * As London's remarkable 18th century skyline has since been subsumed by giant `shards', `walkie talkies' and `cheese graters' ... we might reflect on how much of the city we have unwittingly allow to become invisible since the fire. This book allows us to see it again - and what a visually glorious place it must once have been. * House and Garden * Lavish book with impressive photography and unfussy architectural text...Pull up a pew and savour it. * Irish Times * For those who may not wish to negotiate the irregular opening hourse, Angelo Hornak's After the Fire transports you to each of the surviving Wren churches with masterly photographs or their best perspectives and sharp close-ups of their salient details...This handsome book captures the visual drama at the heart of what proved to be an unparalleled flowering of English architecture....a dizzy kaleidoscopic treat. * World of Interiors * Of all the books published to coincide with the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, there can be few more visually stunning than Angelo Hornak's After the Fire. * Burlington magazine * I will be returning to this book often, not just to enjoy the wonderful images, but also to use it as a reference book on the London churches. Whether you are interested in the history of London, barque architecture or specifically Wren, this book will not disappoint you. * Context *

The buildings that transformed London's skyline in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, described and beautifully photographed by the author. Country Life

Of all the books published to coincide with the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, there can be few more visually stunning than Angelo Hornak's After the Fire. Burlington magazine For those who may not wish to negotiate the irregular opening hourse, Angelo Hornak's After the Fire transports you to each of the surviving Wren churches with masterly photographs or their best perspectives and sharp close-ups of their salient details...This handsome book captures the visual drama at the heart of what proved to be an unparalleled flowering of English architecture...a dizzy kaleidoscopic treat. World of Interiors Lavish book with impressive photography and unfussy architectural text...Pull up a pew and savour it. Irish Times As London's remarkable 18th century skyline has since been subsumed by giant 'shards', 'walkie talkies' and 'cheese graters' ... we might reflect on how much of the city we have unwittingly allow to become invisible since the fire. This book allows us to see it again - and what a visually glorious place it must once have been. House and Garden The perfect Christmas present. Skyline - Friends of the City Churches The buildings that transformed London's skyline in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, described and beautifully photographed by the author. Country Life

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Angelo Hornak is the author of Balloon over Britain (1991) and London from the Thames (1999) and has provided the photographs for many books, including histories of St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey and the cathedrals of Canterbury, Winchester, Wells, Exeter and Ely. He lives in London.

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