A.W.N. Pugin's passion for the Gothic style was of enormous import in his day (he designed the interior decoration at Westminster). In this well-illustrated account, the story of Pugin's church designs is presented in terms not only of architecture and decoration, but with full details of the funding of each church, the patronage of Lord Shrewsbury, and the devotion to Catholicism driving their building program. The history is drawn from a wealth of primary sources, not only Pugin's published works and his diary, but the records and account of the churches he built, the accounts of the stained glass company he used, and the correspondence between Pugin and his greatest patron, Lord Shrewsbury. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)