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Dictator's Homes

Peter York author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Atlantic Books

Published:12th Oct '06

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Our homes are an extension of our personalities. Home is the place where we are truly ourselves and it reveals a great deal about what makes us tick. Peter York looks at how some of history's most alarming men and women have chosen to decorate their homes; exploring the private tastes of these public figures in the broader context of twentieth century interiors and architecture.

From Benito Mussolini's inglenook fireplace to Hitler's parquet floor; Saddam Hussein's private artwork to General Noriega's Christmas tree; he leaves no design detail unexamined. These buildings illustrate what happens when unrestricted imagination collides with unlimited power. Dictators' Homes affords as great an insight into some of history's most dangerous minds as any interview or archive.

I absolutely love it... absolutely fascinating and brilliant. -- Tracey Emin
Some of the most bizarre things I've ever seen... beautifully illustrated -- Andrew Marr

ISBN: 9781843545576

Dimensions: 241mm x 200mm x 10mm

Weight: 460g

136 pages

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