Great Architecture of the World

A unique and sumptuously produced overview of architecture through the ages, with extraordinary one-of-a-kind cutaway drawings. Here is a brilliantly accessible chronicle of the greatest monuments created by mankind, told by fourteen of the most distinguished architectural historians and beautifully illustrated with more than 800 original diagrams, annotated drawings, and photographsboth a browser's delight and a superb reference tool.

JOHN JULIUS NORWICH is a world-famous historian who has made some thirty television documentaries. He is the author of many acclaimed books, including A History of Venice; Byzantium: The Early Centuries; Byzantium: The Apogee: and A Short History of Byzantium.