Christopher Wren by Downes, Kerry

A little book in the Very Interesting People series. All the essential information is here, and gives some space to Wren's non-architectural contributions, which are quite impressive. Competent but not an exciting read.

Narrative Structure: Modern day preface, then straight into a chronological description of his life. As Wren was working on many different projects at once there is a hybrid between chronological and thematic organisation, so chapter on St Pauls appears in right chronological sequence for its beginning but then deals with City Churches and St Paul's before moving on to other projects.

Friendly expert authorial voice with single focus.

OUP: UK General Catalogue

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