
A Forger's Progress
The Life of Francis Greenway
Alasdair McGregor(Author)
UNSW Press
Will be published approx. on 3. November 2014
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-74223-378-9 (ISBN)
Description
The incredible fall, rise and demise of Francis Greenway, Australia's first government architect.
A forger and convicted felon, Francis Greenway was transported to Sydney in 1814. Only a decade later, his dreams of a 'city superior in architectural beauty to London' began to be realised as he designed Hyde Park Barracks, St James' Church, the Supreme Court, St Luke's Church in Liverpool and the Windsor courthouse.
In this first biography of Greenway since 1953 award-winning author Alasdair McGregor scrutinises the character and creative output of a man beset by contradictions and demons.
He profiles Greenway's landmark buildings, his complex and fraught relationship with Governor Lachlan Macquarie, and his thwarted ambitions and self-destruction.
A forger and convicted felon, Francis Greenway was transported to Sydney in 1814. Only a decade later, his dreams of a 'city superior in architectural beauty to London' began to be realised as he designed Hyde Park Barracks, St James' Church, the Supreme Court, St Luke's Church in Liverpool and the Windsor courthouse.
In this first biography of Greenway since 1953 award-winning author Alasdair McGregor scrutinises the character and creative output of a man beset by contradictions and demons.
He profiles Greenway's landmark buildings, his complex and fraught relationship with Governor Lachlan Macquarie, and his thwarted ambitions and self-destruction.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney
Australia
Illustrations
50 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
800 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-74223-378-9 (9781742233789)
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03/2015
NewSouth
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Person
Alasdair McGregor is a writer and painter based in Sydney. His book Grand Obsessions: The Life and Work of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin won the National Biography Award in 2011.