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Author : Stan Sauerwein
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1551539810
The story of Francis Rattenbury, designer of some of BC's greatest landmarks, whose life was marred by failure and infidelity and ended in bloody murder, scandal, and suicide.
Author : Sean O'Connor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781471132735
‘A case study in human frailty, jealousy and desire … fascinating.’ The Times, Best Books of 2019 ‘Superbly evocative and gripping.’ The Spectator ‘Sean O’Connor can’t resist striking a theatrical note in this “biography of murder”.’ Sunday Times Adultery, alcoholism, drugs and murder on the suburban streets of Bournemouth. The Rattenbury case of 1935 was one of the great tabloid sensations of the interwar period. The glamorous femme fatale at the heart of the story dominated the front pages for months, somewhere between the rise of Hitler and the launch of the Queen Mary. With painstaking research and access to brand new evidence, Sean O’Connor vividly brings this epic story to life, from its beginnings in the South London slums of the 1880s and the open vistas of the British Columbian coast, to its bloody climax in a respectable English seaside resort. The Fatal Passion of Alma Rattenbury is a gripping murder story and a heartbreaking romance as well as the biography of a vital, modern woman trapped between the freedoms of two world wars and suffocated by the conformity of peacetime. A startlingly prescient parable for our times, it is the story of a woman who dared to challenge the status quo only to be crucified by public opinion, pilloried by the press and punished by the relentless machinery of the British legal system. With a wealth of fascinating period detail, from its breathtaking opening to its shocking conclusion, The Fatal Passion of Alma Rattenbury is a true story as enthralling, as provocative and as moving as any work of fiction.
Author : Anthony A. Barrett,Rhodri Windsor Liscombe
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780774845083
Yorkshire-born Francis Mawson Rattenbury (1867-1935) emigrated to British Columbia as a young architect in 1892. Within months of his arrival in Victoria he launched his brilliant, if abbreviated, career by winning an international competition to design the legislative buildings. While his life was marred by controversy, scandal and, in the end, tragedy, Rattenbury's architecture had an enduring impact on the Canadian landscape and his commercial ventures were important to the economic development of the West. Richly illustrated with over 200 drawings and photographs, Francis Rattenbury and British Columbia is the first major critical study of a Canadian architect in the context of his times. Using unpublished primary sources, including his recently discovered private letters, the authors document Rattenbury's professional career and the evolution of his architectural style. Detailed descriptions are given of some of his most famous projects, notably the legislative buildings and the Empress Hotel in Victoria. Besides working on a number of government commissions, Rattenbury became chief architect for the Canadian Pacific Railway and designed "chateau-like" buildings for C.P.R. hotels in the Rockies, Vancouver, and Victoria. Other projects such as the Vancouver and Nanaimo Courthouses and Bank of Montreal branches set the pattern for institutional architecture in British Columbia. His buildings not only drew attention to the growing importance of the province, but also lent dignity and character to its major centres. Filled with the vigour and confidence of the imperial age, Rattenbury initiated a number of commercial ventures. These included the founding of a transportation system to the Yukon goldfields and extensive land speculations. As the authors point out, these investments were perhaps not undertaken solely for monetary gain but reflected Rattenbury's firm belief in the future of British Columbia and his desire to play an active role in its growth. Unfortunately, his entrepreneurial adventures involved heavy financial losses, among which were ruinous lawsuits involving the provincial government. This pioneering work on Western Canadian architecture will serve as a valuable design source for both the specialist and lay reader. It also includes an important account of the part played by major Canadian companies and government patronage in the development of British Columbia. This professional biography reveals new facets of Rattenbury's life and character which have been the subject of both public and literary controversy.
Author : John Rattenbury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590826767
Author : Terry Reksten
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0919203477
Author : Gervase Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Clergy
ISBN : OXFORD:600018655
Author : John Rattenbury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : Smugglers
ISBN : OXFORD:N11156212
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WSULL:WSUSY124QK0T
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Author : Kester Rattenbury,Samantha Hardingham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-13
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000158427
The Supercrit series revisits some of the most influential architectural projects of the recent past and examines their impact on the way we think and design today. Based on live studio debates between protagonists and critics, the books describe, explore and criticise these major projects. This first book in the unprecedented series examines Cedric Price’s groundbreaking Potteries Thinkbelt project from the 1960s, an innovative high-tech educational facility in the North Staffordshire Potteries. Highly illustrated and with contemporary criticism, this is a book not to be missed! In Cedric Price: Potteries Thinkbelt you can hear the architect’s project definition, see the drawings and join in the crit. This innovative and compelling book is an invaluable resource for any architecture student.
Author : Susan Goldenberg
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-11
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781459750326
Glamorous young wife Alma Rattenbury takes her chauffeur as a lover and their scandalous relationship leads to a murder most foul. The 1935 murder of architect Francis Mawson Rattenbury, famous for his design of the iconic Parliament Buildings and Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, and the arrest and lurid trial of his 30-years-younger second wife, Alma, and the family chauffeur, George Percy Stoner, her lover, riveted people. Francis and Alma had moved to Bournemouth, England, after the City of Victoria had ostracized them for their scandalous, flagrant affair while Francis was married to his first wife. Their life in Bournemouth was tangled. Francis became an impotent lush. Deprived of sexual gratification, Alma seduced George, previously a virgin who was half her age. They conducted their affair in her upstairs bedroom with her and Francis’s six-year-old son in a nearby bed, “sleeping,” she said, and the near-deaf Francis in his armchair downstairs in a drunken stupor. The lovers were tried together for Francis’s murder at the Old Bailey Criminal Court in London, resulting in intense public interest and massive, frenzied media coverage. The trial became one of the 20th century’s most sensational cases, sparking widespread debate over sexual mores and social strata distinctions.
Author : Kester Rattenbury,Robert Bevan,Kieran Long
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006-08-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1856694925
This volume offers both an introduction to and an insight into key contemporary architects as well as giving a snapshot of the varied nature of architecture today. For each architect there are details of their life and work and illustrations of their most representative and iconic buildings.
Author : Richard Rattenbury
Publisher : ZON International Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0939549085
Gunleather is an icon of American Western lore. PACKING IRON is a high quality pictorial celebration of the artistry & innovation of the craftsmen who designed the gun rigs of the old time trail driving Cowboys, lawmen & Hollywood heroes. This unique slice of Western Americana is presented in over 300 dazzling color photographs, plus almost 100 historic images. Standard trade discounts. To order write or call: ZON INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, P.O. Box 47, MILLWOOD, NY 10546. Phone: 914-245-2926. FAX: 914-962-1945.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11455988
Author : British Columbia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1072 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : British Columbia
ISBN : UCAL:C2627002
Author : Joseph Hall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590454949
