Majesty of New Orleans

By Lee Malone

Book Overview

New Orleans is many things to its many visitors. Regardless of the reason for their trips to the Crescent City, visitors always seek out its unique architecture. This collaboration by husband-and-wife team Paul and Lee Malone takes readers on a tour of the finest architecture, ironwork, patios, and courtyards of New Orleans, a place the authors described as "a city of captivating contrasts."

In The Majesty of New Orleans, the Malones have captured in color the highlights and secret beauty of New Orleans at its best. The book's combination of history and photography introduces readers to such attractions as the Cabildo, Gallier House, The Court of Two Sisters, and Napoleon House. Outside the Vieux Carr are the St. Louis Cemetery #1, Metairie Cemetery, Long Vue Gardens, and the Marks Isaacs House. In this collection as in their previous books, the authors document historic sites and landmarks in what are sure to be some of the most breathtaking New Orleans photographs in existence.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882898639
• ISBN13: 9780882898636
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

A Coffee Table Must!

Beautiful pictures, great descriptions and it gives you a feel that only you can know if you love New Orleans, or are about to fall it love with it.

Beautiful

Capture in pictures and in words that New Orleans still has much beauty and history. Don't miss the beauty.