10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE QUEEN'S HOUSE»
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the Queen's House in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the Queen's House and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Queen's
House: A Social History of Buckingham Palace
A biography of the world’s most famous house and the story of its vital role in the history of a nation In this social history of Buckingham Palace, Edna Healey mines the royal archives to take the reader into its moonlit gardens, up the ...
2
The Queen's
House: Greenwich
This highly illustrated book contextualises The Queen's House within its setting of Maritime Greenwich, a World Heritage Site.
Pieter van der Merwe, 2012
3
Encyclopedia of Architectural and Engineering Feats
Spatial organization within the Queen's House was symmetrical, geometrically
laid out in keeping with the principles of visual harmony set down by Palladio.
The Great Hall at the building's core was a 40-foot (12-meter) cube, the pattern of
its ...
Donald Langmead, Christine Garnaut, 2001
4
The Spatial Infinite at Greenwich in Works by Christopher ...
The cour d'honneur and colonnaded courtyard in turn funnel the view toward the
diminutive Queen's House. Yet the Queen's House is so small that it cannot be
said to satisfy the expectation of spatial magnificence raised by the river
approach ...
Ann Stewart Balakier, James J. Balakier, 1995
5
A History of Western Architecture
Just these qualities characterize the first major work which he designed in his
capacity as Surveyor-General of the King's Works, to which he was appointed in
1615: 407 Plan of the Queen's House, Greenwich (begun 1616) by Jones the ...
6
Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum bibliothecae Bodleianae ...
Upon the taking of certain timber trees to the Queen's house at Reading, and the
repair of the barns and stables there, 1569. ff. 3S7-9. f. Upon the chancel of the
church of St. Lawrence, adjoining the Queen's house at Reading, 1568. ff.39'-3. g
.
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Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum bibliothecæ Bodleianæ partis ...
375-383- Upon the taking of certain timber trees to the Queen's house at Reading
, and the repair of the barns and stables there, 1569. fT. 387-9. Upon the chancel
of the church of St. Lawrence, adjoining the Queen's house at Reading, 1568.
William Dunn Macray, 1862
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Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae: ...
Upon the taking of certain timber trees to the Queen's house at Reading, and the
repair of the barns and stables there, 1569. ff. 387-9. f. Upon the chancel of the
church of St. Lawrence, adjoining the Queen's house at Reading, 1568. ff.39'~3-
g ...
Bodleian Library (Oxford), Alfred Hackman, Henry Octavius Coxe, 1862
How can this be explained? Queen Mary, after all, was a Stuart. She had the
Stuarts' attachment to family history. It is unlikely that she regarded the Queen's
House with the reverence that it would later be accorded by architects and
historians, ...
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The Annual Register: World Events ...
At Genoa there was a small garden in front of the Queen's house, and a terrace
garden, with a wood behind it. Dined every day with the Queen at Genoa, but not
at Naples. Was at a masked-ball at the theatre San Carlos for a short period one
...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE QUEEN'S HOUSE»
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the Queen's House is used in the context of the following news items.
The Queen's Houses: Alan Titchmarsh's exclusive guide to Britain's …
We know them now as tourist attractions: iconic symbols of our nation at home and abroad. But the five houses used by The Queen and Prince Philip ... «Express.co.uk, Sep 14»
