The Albert Hall: A Victorian Masterpiece for the 21st Century - Softcover

Published to celebrate the completion of the Royal Albert Hall's eight-year, #70 million development programme, this book tells the story of one of Britain's most treasured buildings. It is a record of the pageant of British culture since Victorian times. Since 1871, the sound of orchestras, choirs, orators and all manner of entertainers has regularly risen to the gigantic glass dome of the Royal Albert Hall. Its floor has been flooded, frozen, raised, sunk, and Astroturfed. Its meetings have been attacked by Suffragettes and Black Shirts, and blood has been spilt in its boxing rings. For the first time in its 132 year history, the extensive archives of Britain's pre-eminent arena of entertainment and enlightenment will be revealed, in this 160 page illustrated book.