Author: Dan Cruickshank

SOHO - ILLICIT, GLAMOROUS, SORDID, LOUCHE, POVERTY-STRICKEN, SQUALID, EXHILARATING.One of Britain's best-loved historians, Dan Cruickshank grants u...

This stunning book by renowned television historian Dan Cruickshank tells the history of architecture through the stories of 100 iconic buildings. ...

The young naturalist W. N. P. Barbellion described this remarkably candid record of living with multiple sclerosis as 'a study in the nude'. It beg...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE HESSELL-TILTMAN HISTORY PRIZE 2017AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016Religious strife, civil conflict, waves of immigration, the ...

Soho - illicit, glamorous, sordid, louche, poverty-stricken, squalid, exhilarating. One of Britain''s best-loved historians, Dan Cruickshank, grant...

Among the London districts, Chelsea has always held a special charm for residents and visitors alike spacious and gracious with the River Thames a...

'The perfect guide to the hidden history of London's streets.' BBC History MagazineIn Cruickshank's London, Britain's favourite architectural histo...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE HESSELL-TILTMAN HISTORY PRIZE 2017 AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 ''Genial, erudite and companionable . . . this heroi...

Chicago's beautiful Reliance Building, sixteen storeys tall, was designed in 1890 by John Root and completed in 1895 by Charles B. Atwood. In its c...

Georgian London evokes images of elegant buildings and fine art, but it was also a city where prostitution was rife, houses of ill repute widesprea...

Dan Cruickshank''s personal, passionate and learned journey into the very awe-inspiring architectural icons which have transformed culture, society...

''The perfect guide to the hidden history of London''s streets.'' BBC History Magazine_____London. City of ancient churches and bustling markets, p...

Featuring over 200 photographs, this stunning book by renowned television historian Dan Cruickshank tells the history of architecture through the s...