This book is a comprehensive history of bridge building during the century.

The construction of bridges in Britain and Ireland during the period of 1735-1835 was marked by important technical developments and the introduction of new mat

This book explores what remains an under-studied aspect of Samuel Johnson’s profile as a person and writer – namely, his attitude to social improvement. The

First published in 1999, this book explores how, from the stone bridges of neoclassicism which soar out of wild woods to span pastoral valleys to the post-1750