The secret life of hidden places : concealed rooms, clandestine passageways, and the curious minds that made them / Stefan Bachmann & April Genevieve Tucholke.
Publisher:
Workman Publishing,
Copyright Date:
2024
Description:
xi, 292 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
The sunken manor (Nottinghamshire, England) -- The book thief of Mont Sainte-Odile (Barr, Alsace, France) -- A room like warm honey (Tsarskoye Selo, Russia) -- A city on an anthill (Puebla, Mexico) -- The oddly built temple (Kanazawa, Japan) -- Doll's eye view (Amsterdam, Netherlands) -- Alchemy, Frankenstein, and "evil scientist" laboratories (Various) -- The Winchester Mystery House (San Jose, California, USA) -- The initiation well, the Knights Templar, and the Freemasons (Sintra, Portugal) -- The gateway to hell (Paris, France) -- The weird history of labyrinths (Various) -- Marie-Antoinette's secret escape (Versailles, France) -- The Krazy Kat Klub speakeasy (Washington, DC, USA) -- The shocking things in Cupboard 55 (London, England) -- The bone chamber (Leuk, Switzerland) -- Saints below (The Vatican, Italy) -- The sleeping beauty apartment (Paris, France) -- King Tut's Tomb, treasure hutns, and our need to dig (Valley of the Kings, Egypt).
Summary:
This wonderous guide for the curious introduces eighteen hidden places and the eccentric and obsessive minds that created them, such as a chamber of skulls high in the Swiss Alps, a Japanese temple full of traps and a spooky "initiation" well in Portugalbuilt by a secret society.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.