Edition details
The Tower of London, by A.L.Rowse. Bound in green glazed paper printed in colour. Pale yellow endleaves. Sixteen pages of plates showing miniatures, portraits, prints and photographs. No jacket or slipcase. 18.7x12.3cm 32pp. Folio miniature - Michael Joseph in association with the Folio Press
About the book
The Tower of London explores the remarkable history of one of Britain's most famous buildings. Founded by William the Conqueror and expanded by successive monarchs, the Tower has served as royal palace, fortress, treasury, armoury, prison and place of execution. Its history is closely connected with many dramatic episodes in English history, including the imprisonment of royal rivals, religious persecution, political intrigue and the executions of famous prisoners. The book brings together the personalities, legends and historical events that have made the Tower such an enduring symbol of royal power. The Warden Anthony Trollope's The Warden is the first novel in the Chronicles of Barsetshire. It follows the Reverend Septimus Harding, the gentle and conscientious warden of a charitable institution for elderly men, whose comfortable income becomes the subject of a public controversy. When reformers question whether Harding is entitled to receive so much money from the charity, he finds himself caught between his own conscience, his family and the institutions determined to defend him. Trollope uses the dispute to explore morality, the Church, journalism and institutional reform with warmth, subtlety and gentle satire.
