
Secret Cities
The Haunted Beauty
Julian Beecroft(Author)
Flame Tree Publishing
Published on 10. September 2018
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-78664-796-2 (ISBN)
Description
The US military built a secret city under the ice sheet of Iceland, during the Cold War; in the Scotland of the 1800s Burke and Hare lurked in the Edinburgh Vaults; in Turkey the subterranean tunnels of Cappadocia housed up to 20,000 people; the salt mine town of Wieliczka in Poland was built in the 13th century; and the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, was lost for centuries from the late 8th century. Packed with intriguing and haunting photographs this new book charts the many hidden sites of our world, from China, Russia and Poland to the mysterious underground dwellings in the cities of Canada and the USA.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
150 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 289 mm
Width: 279 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
750 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78664-796-2 (9781786647962)
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Person
Julian Beecroft is a freelance writer specializing in art and cultural history. For Flame Tree, he has written books on Monet, Renoir, Dali?, Kahlo and Art Nouveau. He is also the author of Lost Cities, another title in the same series as this book, as well as a guide to the culture and history of London published in 2017. He has previously contributed to The Guardian, The Telegraph and The London Magazine.