RIDER, Clare & HORSLER, Val.: The Inner Temple: A Community of Communities. , London: Third Millennium Publishing, 2007.

1st edition. "Beautifully designed and produced, the volume covers the history, architecture, treasures and estate of the Inn and the Temple Church from the coming of the lawyers in the fourteenth century to the bustling realities of the twenty-frist century. Along the way, readers will encounter not just insightful accounts of the teaching and the learning of law downt the centuries, but also masques, revels, feasting, poets and playwrights, Dr Johnson (a former resident), Bram Stoker (of Dracula fame) and a distinguished literary heritage extending from Geoffrey Chaucer to the creator of the immortal Rumpole of the Bailey. From the Knights Templar who built the Church through to the modern sightseers who come to follow the trail laid out in "The Da Vinci Code", the story of the inhabitants and users of the Temple is laid out in all its variety and splendour." 28.5cms x 25cms. Pp.191, colour photo illustrations, maps, and black & white illustrations throughout. Blue cloth, dustwrapper has removable clear protective wrap. A heavy volume which may attract extra to send overseas. VG/VG. (Book ref. 37804)  £38.00

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