Vision & Accident

by Anthony Burton

This history focuses on the people, the policies and the politics of one of the world's greatest museums. A place of passion, turbulence and novelty, the V&A was founded in early Victorian times as a campaigning institution, and hot debate has been raging ever since. This is not a book about the majestic growth of the superb collections, or about the remarkable rise of the ornate buildings - it is about what people thought, what they did, and what happened to them. Alongside orthodox museum activities, readers will discover an 'official murder', suicide, embezzlement and theft.

264 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Born in 1934 Anthony Burton is an author and broadcaster who specialises mostly in industrial and transport history since his first book in the area, The Canal Builders, was published in 1972. As well as canals, railways and other forms of transport, his interests also include the countryside and landscape history.