Rattenbury
by Terry Reksten
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1550390902
- ISBN 13
- 9781550390902
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" Ratz" Francis Mawson Rattenbury was only twenty-five years old when he was commissioned to design the new Parliament Buildings for British Columbia. He soon became the most sought-after architect in the province. He designed almost every vital building of his time in British Columbia, including the Empress Hotel; British Columbia's Government House; court-houses in Vancouver, Nanaimo, and Nelson; and Victoria's Crystal Gardens. Rattenbury courted the press his entire career; he thrived on publicity and notoriety, yet in 1930, he left British Columbia and settled into unhappy obscurity in England after a scandalous affair and subsequent marriage to a much younger woman. In 1935, Rattenbury was murdered by his second wife's lover the chauffeur. Released in time to celebrate the centennial of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings, this revised edition examines previously unknown details about Rattenbury's involvement with the Empress Hotel. Terry Reksten discloses the aftermath of the infamous Rattenbury murder trial, including what happened to the architect's children and George Stoner, the chauffeur convicted of his murder."-Minor edge wear.
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- MAD HATTER BOOKSTORE (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21912
- Title
- Rattenbury
- Author
- Terry Reksten
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1550390902
- ISBN 13
- 9781550390902
- Publisher
- Sono Nis Press
- Place of Publication
- Winlaw, Bc, Canada
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8 vo
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