Historic Building Mythbusting by James Wright

Description

This seeks to uncover the real stories behind some of the tales commonly believed and widely repeated about ancient buildings.  Tales for example of spiral staircases giving the advantage to right-handed defenders or archers sharpening their arrows on church stones.  Buildings archaeologist James Wright explains and unpicks the development of these myths and investigates the underlying truths behind them, revealing that sometimes the realities behind the stories are even more engaging than the myths themselves.  228p, illus.