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Ghastly Good Taste: Or, a Depressing Story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture (National Trust Classics)
Ghastly Good Taste Or a Depressing Story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture - National Trust Classics Author:John Betjeman Besides being one of the most popular and well-beloved of British poets, John Betjeman was also a respected architectural historian and wrote many books on architecture and design during his varied career. Ghastly Good Taste is his witty and often irreverent guide to the history of architectural taste, in which Betjeman works his way through fro... more »m the beauty of the Gothic period to the ?horrors? of the 1930s, with his distinctive narrative flair and gift of the unexpected evident throughout. This classic study will delight and entertain all devotees of Betjeman?s writing, as well as those with an interest in the vagaries of architectural taste throughout the centuries.