50 GREATEST CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS OF THE WORLD

The award winning travel writer Sue Dobson is never happier than when out exploring "must-see" churches and cathedrals. St Paul's, St Stephen's in Vienna, Washington National Cathedral, Church of Christ Canterbury, Lincoln and Durham Cathedrals, York Minster, Ely, Peterborough, King's College Chapel Cambridge are some of the dozen British entries. In Europe we visit Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, St Vitus Catheral Prague, and go to Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, the Pantheon Rome, the Cathedral of Mon Reale in Sicily and two Basilicas in Italy, to Malta, Norway, Romania, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, Australia, Africa and North and South America to see the masterpieces that crown their cities' skylines. For each there is a three or four page summary with history, paintings, and frescos, architecture and icons, and a good quality black and white photo. 248pp plus eight pages of lined notepaper for your own jottings. Paperback.