Sir Christopher Wren: His Family and His Times / With Original Letters and a Discourse on Architecture Hitherto Unpublished. 1585-1723.
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The book presents a chronological portrait of a leading architect and his family, assembled from letters, diaries, official records, and a hitherto unpublished discourse on architecture. It traces his scientific and scholarly interests, academic appointments, church connections, and involvement in learned societies, alongside practical work to repair and rebuild churches and major urban fabric after a catastrophic fire. The account balances technical discussion of design with intimate domestic and professional correspondence, notes gaps and political silences in the surviving sources, and offers critical commentary on earlier family memoirs and archival materials.