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The Devil In The White City
Engelsk Paperback
The Devil In The White City
Engelsk Paperback

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''An irresistible page-turner that reads like the most compelling, sleep defying fiction'' TIME OUT

One was an architect. The other a serial killer. This is the incredible story of these two men and their realization of the Chicago World''s Fair of 1893, and its amazing ''White City''; one of the wonders of the world.

The architect was Daniel H. Burnham, the driving force behind the White City, the massive, visionary landscape of white buildings set in a wonderland of canals and gardens.

The killer was H. H. Holmes, a handsome doctor with striking blue eyes. He used the attraction of the great fair - and his own devilish charms - to lure scores of young women to their deaths.

While Burnham overcame politics, infighting, personality clashes and Chicago''s infamous weather to transform the swamps of Jackson Park into the greatest show on Earth, Holmes built his own edifice just west of the fairground. He called it the World''s Fair Hotel.

In reality it was a torture palace, a gas chamber, a crematorium.

These two disparate but driven men are brought to life in this mesmerizing, murderous tale of the legendary Fair that transformed America and set it on course for the twentieth century . . .

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
496
ISBN-13:
9780553813531
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0553813536
Udg. Dato:
1 apr 2004
Længde:
33mm
Bredde:
128mm
Højde:
198mm
Forlag:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Oplagsdato:
1 apr 2004
Forfatter(e):
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