Sparrow spent twenty-five years gathering material on bridges, and the book wanders as happily as he admits it does. He considers how men copied nature in fallen trees and natural arches, the Roman genius for engineering, old bridges of Europe, Persia and China, and the evolution of unfortified bridges, with colour and black-and-white plates by the artist Frank Brangwyn.
A discursive, affectionate book for lovers of architecture, old roads and Brangwyn’s art. Download the free EPUB.