"gave Britain's capital cities two of their greatest landmarks, the , generally, if inaccurately, known as ,1 and, in Edinburgh, the . He built the first since 's and he r. But his influence depended not only, not even primarily, on his buildings, it was both wide and more elusive. He gave the nineteenth century a new idea about what architecture could be and mean. He saw it as moral force in society and as a romantic art. (p. 1) 1. It is in fact the bell that is called Big Ben. (p. 536)"
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Rosemary Hill
, (born 10 April 1957) is an English historian and award-winning author. Her book God's Architect: Pugin and the building of Romantic Britain (2007, ) won the , the , the , and the . She was elected in 2008 a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and in 2010 a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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