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From Syria to Shrewsbury, Sudan to Southern Spain, Dan Cruickshank explores some of the world’s most impressive buildings.

Whether constructed as bastions of defence, homes for the gods and the dead, temples of commerce and the arts, palaces expressing power and wealth, or shrines of science, knowledge and politics, these structures all hold fascinating histories running deeper than bricks and mortar.

Dan Cruickshank: A History of Architecture in 100 Buildings, RRP $59.99, WilliamCollins.