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'The church steeple is the glory of the English landscape. Over a thousand years it has evolved a grandeur and a beauty unrivalled in Europe. It is the icon of every parish. At last it has achieved its biographer ' - Simon Jenkins 'Exquisite drawings and authoritative words make this definitive guide to medieval steeples a delight' - RIBA Journal 'A magisterial survey' - Church Times 'No one who buys a copy of Fifty English Steeples is going to regret it ... so beautiful, so artfully presented ... fascinating' - Ringing World 'Perfectly combines scholarship with enthusiasm' - A Magazine, RIBA Friends of Architecture 'A distinctive, valuable and beautiful book on a surprisingly neglected subject' - History Today

'A distinctive, valuable and beautiful book on a surprisingly neglected subject' - History Today 'Perfectly combines scholarship with enthusiasm' - A Magazine, RIBA Friends of Architecture 'No one who buys a copy of Fifty English Steeples is going to regret it ... so beautiful, so artfully presented ... fascinating' - Ringing World 'A magisterial survey' - Church Times 'Exquisite drawings and authoritative words make this definitive guide to medieval steeples a delight' - RIBA Journal 'The church steeple is the glory of the English landscape. Over a thousand years it has evolved a grandeur and a beauty unrivalled in Europe. It is the icon of every parish. At last it has achieved its biographer ' - Simon Jenkins

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Julian Flannery, a qualified architect, worked Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners and Future Systems before founding his own practice, Flannery & de la Pole, in 2004. The detailed study of historic buildings, from Hampton Court Palace after the major fire in 1986 to England's finest medieval parish churches, has been a lifelong passion.

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