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Municipal Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Council Housing

by John Boughton

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Our most recommended books

Life in the English Country House by Mark Girouard

City of Stone by M Benvenisti

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Georgian London by John Summerson

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Life in the English Country House
by Mark Girouard

City of Stone
by M Benvenisti

City of Bits: Space, Place and the Infobahn
by William J. Mitchell

Paradox of Plenty
by Harvey Levenstein

Italian Venice: A History
by R.J.B. Bosworth

Georgian London
by John Summerson