Mcgregor, A: Forger's Progress The Life of Francis Greenway
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
30.11.2014
Abbildungen
50 illustrations
Verlag
Unsw PressSeitenzahl
336
Maße (L/B/H)
23.6/15.5/4.1 cm
Gewicht
856 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-74223-378-9
Talented, well trained and confident in his own abilities and worth, Australia's first government architect was also hot-headed and tactless. Sentenced to death for forgery, then granted a last-minute reprieve, Francis Greenway was transported to New South Wales in 1814. Within a single eventful decade, Greenway's and Governor Lachlan Macquarie's transformation of Sydney from a ramshackle convict garrison into an elegant city was well under way with buildings like the Hyde Park Barracks, St James' Church, Supreme Court and Windsor courthouse. Award-winning author Alasdair McGregor - in the first biography of Greenway since 1953 - scrutinises the life and work of a man beset by contradictions and demons. He profiles Greenway's landmark buildings, his meteoric rise and his complex and fraught relationship with Governor Macquarie, along with his thwarted ambitions and self-destruction. All played out in a fledgling colony in the throes of change from far-flung gaol to a society of free settlers. 'Beautifully crafted, superbly evoked - a great tale, told by a master.' -Peter FitzSimons
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