{"product_id":"westminster-hall-nine-hundred-years-of-history","title":"Westminster Hall: Nine Hundred Years of History","description":"Many shires whose labour was due at London were hard pressed because of the wall that they built about the Tower  and because of the bridge that was nearly all carried away by a flood  and because of the work on the Kings Hall  that was being built at Westminster  and many a man was oppressed thereby.Thus  in 1097  the first mention of Westminster Hall  whose walls still stand after nine centuries. What makes the Hall such an astonishing building is not simply its great size and the magnificence of its fourteenth-century roof but its central role in English (and later British) history. The Hall has witnessed the gradual transition from autocratic monarchy to the rule of law  representative government and eventual democracy. Nowhere else in the world is there a building which has been so closely involved in the life of a nation for such a long period.This book tells much about the history of England. Against this background the richly illustrated text describes the building  its changing uses  the banquets  trials and many historical events associated with Westminster Hall.Written by Dorian Gerhold  author of several distinguished works of history  and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. hardback\/softback  250 x 200mm  96 pages  9780907383895\/ 9780907383888  September 1999  published 25.00\/9.95","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44910396964917,"sku":"ByrdShop_0907383882","price":90.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0907383882.jpg?v=1768216402","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/westminster-hall-nine-hundred-years-of-history","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}