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Echoes of Empire: Victoria Its Remarkable Buildings

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Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, is home to some of the finest turn-of-the-century architecture in Canada.

Through Ward's wry, piercing and knowledgeable eye, we meet Francis Rattenbury, the flamboyant twenty-five-yearold designer of the opulent Parliament Buildings and Empress Hotel, whose career dissolved in scandal; Robert Dunsmuir, the tycoon who built an extravagant Scottish baronial castle; artist Emily Carr, premier Amor De Cosmos, and the Natives, missionaries and military men who made Victoria a city where cedar shakes, classical columns, pagoda roofs and heavenly spires jostle in a beautiful and contented ensemble.

Language: English

Pages: 364

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Harbour Publishing

Release: January 01, 1996

ISBN: 1550171224

ISBN 13: 9781550171228

Echoes of Empire: Victoria Its Remarkable Buildings

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, is home to some of the finest turn-of-the-century architecture in Canada.

Through Ward's wry, piercing and knowledgeable eye, we meet Francis Rattenbury, the flamboyant twenty-five-yearold designer of the opulent Parliament Buildings and Empress Hotel, whose career dissolved in scandal; Robert Dunsmuir, the tycoon who built an extravagant Scottish baronial castle; artist Emily Carr, premier Amor De Cosmos, and the Natives, missionaries and military men who made Victoria a city where cedar shakes, classical columns, pagoda roofs and heavenly spires jostle in a beautiful and contented ensemble.

Language: English

Pages: 364

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Harbour Publishing

Release: January 01, 1996

ISBN: 1550171224

ISBN 13: 9781550171228

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