52. Peter Stanford | Bridport Literary Festival | Friday 13 November 10am

Today Antoni Gaudí’s unfinished basilica, La Sagrada Família, welcomes five million visitors a year. Yet its creator died in a pauper’s hospital after he was hit by a tram and mistaken for a tramp. What led him to this fate?

Even in the centenary year of his death, much about this unworldly genius remains a mystery. Telegraph writer Peter Stanford tries to make sense of it, treading in the great man’s footsteps from the Catalan countryside to industrial Barcelona, a city in which Gaudi was at once a loner and a celebrity.

This revelatory biography explores how the tragedies and triumphs of Gaudi’s life connect, and how the architect’s work drew on his religious faith. He talks to broadcaster Gill Pyrah.

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