Adrian Tinniswood

Adrian Tinniswood

Adrian Tinniswood (born 1954) studied English and Philosophy at Southampton University and was awarded an MPhil at Leicester University. He has acted as a consultant to the National Trust, and has been a lecturer at several universities in both the United Kingdom and United States, including the University of Oxford and the University of California, Berkeley.

elected works

* "Historic Houses of the National Trust"
* "Country Houses from the Air"
* "Life in the English Country Cottage"
* "Travels with Pevsner"
* "Visions of Power"
* "Architecture and Ambition from Ancient Rome to Modern Paris"
* "His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren"
* "Polite Tourist: A History of Country House Visiting" First published in the UK by Basil Blackwell (1989) with a similar title, later published by the National Trust of London (1998)
* "By Permission of Heaven: The True Story of the Great Fire of London"

External links

* [http://www.adriantinniswood.co.uk/ Official website]


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