{"product_id":"9780857523655","title":"Ships Of Heaven : The Private Life of Britain's Cathedrals","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Somerville, Christopher, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 19\/03\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 352 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Doubleday,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Transworld Publishers Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: United Kingdom, Great Britain, Religious buildings, Social \u0026amp; cultural history, Architecture\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780857523655\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChristopher Somerville, author of the acclaimed The January Man, pictured cathedrals as great unmoving bastions of tradition. But as he journeys among Britian's favourites, old and new, he discovers buildings and communities that have been in constant upheaval for a thousand years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere are stories of the monarchs and bishops who ordered the construction of these buildings, the masons whose genius brought them into being, and the peasants who worked and died on the scaffolding. We learn of rogue saints exploited by holy sinners, the pomp and prosperity that followed these ships of stone, the towns that grew up in their shadows. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeeting believers and non-believers, architects and archaeologists, the cleaner who dusts the monuments and the mason who judges stone by its taste, we delve deep into the private lives and the uncertain future of these ever-voyaging Ships of Heaven.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022478737561,"sku":"9780857523655","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780857523655_03b9eb78-4073-43a1-aa60-65180c2e591a.jpg?v=1601401459","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780857523655","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}