Exeter Cathedral: The Garden of Paradise-Fast Shipping

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This new publication, illustrated with specially commissioned photography, draws on archaeology, archives and imagery to illuminate the fascinating history of Exeter Cathedral. Nine hundred years ago, foundations were dug for a great church inExeter which would develop into the beautiful cathedral that still marks the heart of the city. It is distinctive among English cathedrals forits twin transept towers, and unbroken vault stretching from theentrance to the high altar, and the sheer profusion of carving of plants and animals throughout. Exeter is a heavenly garden in stone, and thisnew book, illustrated with specially commissioned photography, draws onarchaeology, archives and imagery to explain what its builders in asurprisingly cosmopolitan city were trying to tell us about theirunderstanding of the world, and the realm they envisioned beyond us.