The Secret Life of Secret Places
Hardback
Hidden Rooms, Clandestine Passageways, and the Curious Minds That Made Them
You found a key... The Labyrinth. The Sunken Manor. The Gateway to Hell-do you dare enter?
This wondrous guide for the curious and the intrepid takes readers on a lushly photographed and lyrically written tour of eighteen of the world's most captivating architectural mysteries. Delve into both the secretive places themselves and the eccentric and obsessive minds that created them. Visit a chamber of skulls high in the Swiss Alps, a Japanese temple full of traps, a Parisian apartment locked and untouched since World War II, a Prohibition-era speakeasy in Washington, DC, and a spooky "initiation" well in Portugal built by a secret society. How far down can you climb before losing your nerve?Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781523516988
- Author: Stefan Bachmann, April Genevieve Tucholke
- Pub date: 13.02.24
- RRP: $60.00
- Format: Hardback
Author
Stefan Bachmann, April Genevieve Tucholke
April Genevieve Tucholke grew up on a farm, where she spent her time wandering the prairie and daydreaming. Her acclaimed, award-winning books have been published in sixteen countries. April lives in Savannah, Georgia. She loves coffee, forests, and gothic cities.
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