Forger’s Progress, A: The Life of Francis Greenway

McGregor, Alasdair

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ARCHITECTURE Australiana

The incredible fall, rise and demise of Francis Greenway, Australia’s first government architect. A forger and convicted felon, Francis Greenway was transported to Sydney in 1814. Only a decade later, his dreams of a ‘city superior in architectural beauty to London’ began to be realised as he designed Hyde Park Barracks, St James’ Church, the Supreme Court, St Luke’s Church in Liverpool and the Windsor courthouse. In this first biography of Greenway since 1953 award-winning author Alasdair McGregor scrutinises the character and creative output of a man beset by contradictions and demons. He profiles Greenway’s landmark buildings, his complex and fraught relationship with Governor Lachlan Macquarie, and his thwarted ambitions and self-destruction.
369 pages, 48 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some colour), 1 map, portraits (some colour), plans, facsimiles ; 25 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-356) and index. #080123 FIRST EDITION
Greenway, Francis, 1777-1837. | Architects — New South Wales — Biography. | Convicts — New South Wales — Biography. | Architecture, Colonial — New South Wales — History. | Historic buildings — New South Wales. | Building — Australia — History. | Australian

Additional Information

Author McGregor, Alasdair
Number of pages369
PublisherNewSouth Publishing
Year Published2014
Binding Type

Hardcover in Dustjacket

Book Condition

FINE!

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