{"product_id":"gaudi-gods-architect","title":"Gaudi: God's Architect","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReconnecting Gaudí's architecture directly with his faith, rather than treating his spirituality as an awkward footnote to his genius, is a genuinely important corrective for how he tends to be remembered. What stood out was structuring the book as a physical journey through Barcelona, walking in Gaudí's own footsteps through the buildings, parks, and landscapes he admired and created. That structure grounds the biography in a real place rather than only in ideas, letting readers experience his life the way he actually moved through it. I also appreciated not shying away from the tragedy, loss, and depression that shaped him, and connecting that suffering directly to his belief that his work was a religious vocation. Holding his private struggle and his public genius together, rather than separating the man from the myth, gives the book real emotional and spiritual depth that a purely architectural biography would miss.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"title-sm lg:title-md\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"py-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePeter Stanford is a writer, journalist, broadcaster and prison reform campaigner. His biography subjects include the Cabinet minister and penal reformer, Lord Longford (made into a BAFTA-winning film), the Poet Laureate, C Day-Lewis, the Protestant reformer Martin Luther and the Devil (televised by the BBC), while his writings on the history, theology and cultural significance of religious ideas include \u003ci\u003eHeaven: A Traveller's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePilgrimage: Journeys of Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJudas: The Troubling History of the Renegade Apostle \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Angels: A Visible and Invisible History.\u003c\/i\u003e His books have been translated into twelve languages.\n\u003cp\u003eA former editor of the \u003ci\u003eCatholic Herald\u003c\/i\u003e (1988-1992), he writes features for the \u003ci\u003eDaily\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003etitles, has an interview column in \u003ci\u003ethe Tablet\u003c\/i\u003e and has presented television documentaries including the award-winning Channel 4 series, \u003ci\u003eCatholics and Sex\u003c\/i\u003e. Raised in Birkenhead, he has been director of the Longford Trust for penal reform since 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hatchette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51871672402215,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0752\/7419\/1143\/files\/GaudiImage23.jpg?v=1786631097","url":"https:\/\/jaxcathedralbooks.org\/products\/gaudi-gods-architect","provider":"St. John's Cathedral Bookstore \u0026 Gift Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}