BooksnonfictionThe Secret Life of Hidden Places: Concealed Rooms, Clandestine Passageways, and the Curious Minds That Made Them
A beautifully written and photographed romp through some of the world's most secretive, seductive, and incredible places. In The Secret Life of Hidden Places, we're led on a global tour of the world's most amazing spaces and places--some hidden, others well known but secreted nonetheless--including manors, palaces, tunnels, rooms, staircases, and tombs. The author's lyrical prose, accompanies by captivating photographs, transports the reader to mysterious, alluring destinations--such as a mystically beautiful room made of amber last seen in a German palace during World War II, an English sunken manor build by a reclusive royal, an ancient well in Portugal constructed by the Knights Templar, and an underground bone chamber in Sweden. Each of The Secret Life's 19 chapters is about a place, b...
A beautifully written and photographed romp through some of the world's most secretive, seductive, and incredible places. In The Secret Life of Hidden Places, we're led on a global tour of the world's most amazing spaces and places--some hidden, others well known but secreted nonetheless--including manors, palaces, tunnels, rooms, staircases, and tombs. The author's lyrical prose, accompanies by captivating photographs, transports the reader to mysterious, alluring destinations--such as a mystically beautiful room made of amber last seen in a German palace during World War II, an English sunken manor build by a reclusive royal, an ancient well in Portugal constructed by the Knights Templar, and an underground bone chamber in Sweden. Each of The Secret Life's 19 chapters is about a place, b...
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Stefan Bachmann is a Swiss-American author of books and short stories. He was born in Colorado and spent most of his childhood in Switzerland, where he graduated from the Zürich University of Arts with degrees in music composition and theory. His debut, The Peculiar, was publishe...
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Stefan Bachmann is a Swiss-American author of books and short stories. He was born in Colorado and spent most of his childhood in Switzerland, where he graduated from the Zürich University of Arts with degrees in music composition and theory. His debut, The Peculiar, was publishe...
