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Victoria Tower Treasures

By Caroline Shenton

Victoria Tower Treasures
Fascinating
  • Publisher: Parliamentary Archives
  • Published: 22 June 2017
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A beautifully spare publication of 150 rare documents spanning the last six centuries … much more than a souvenir, or a digest of the greatest archival hits of the British Houses of Parliament. It deftly explores the meaning of ancient documents; the purposes of their preservation, and their role as the very receptacles of key moments in the history of parliamentary government – Angus Trumble, Yale Center for British Art

To celebrate the completion of the Victoria Tower in 1860, some 150 years ago, these parliamentary authors have produced a selection of documents, artefacts and photos from the fifteenth century to the present day. Superbly illustrated and with some interesting themes, this can only be an introduction to whet the appetite – Total Politics

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Dr Caroline Shenton is an archivist and historian. Her book The Day Parliament Burned Down won the Political Book of the Year Award in 2013. Read More…

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