Piccadilly
the circus at the heart of london
$25.82
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
11 September 2023
Summary
Piccadilly Circus: A Journey Through Time and Society
From the moment visitors emerge from the underground, Piccadilly Circus offers a sensory overload. Its streets blend into an intoxicating thoroughfare, capable of inspiring adventure, romance, or something darker. Since the arrival of the Eros statue in 1893, the junction has been a vibrant meeting place for all: political plans and theatrical careers began in its restaurants and cafes, lovers met below Eros, and tourists still e…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529339734 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529339731 |
| Author: | Midge Gillies |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | Two Roads |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 11 September 2023 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
[A] magpie’s nest of a book, replete with anecdotes, sketches and quotes … Piccadilly is painstakingly researched and as busy as the Circus itself. * The TLS *An engrossing new social history. – Anne Kennedy Smith Books of the Year 2022
About The Author
Midge Gillies
Midge Gillies is the author of seven non fiction books, including biographies of the pioneering pilot Amy Johnson and the Edwardian music hall star, Marie Lloyd. Midge studied History at Girton College and was Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge for three years. She is Academic Director of Creative Writing at the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education and has a PhD from the University of East Anglia. She lives in Cambridgeshire with her husband, award-winning crime novelist Jim Kelly.
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