London: A Traveller's Reader
$42.67
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
29 May 2018
Summary
Loved and hated in equal measure, London was for centuries the world’s greatest city. Its streets, teeming with history, have always worn a variety of influences, reflecting the diverse crowds who have walked them. Its citizens have witnessed everything from pilgrimages, celebrations, acts of heroism and moments of religious contemplation to riots, executions, grisly murders and disastrous plagues and fires. Drawing on letters, diaries and memoirs of London’s most interesting inhabitants and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472141651 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472141652 |
| Author: | Peter Ackroyd, Thomas Wright |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 29 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 314g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 133mm x 28mm |
| Series: | A Traveller's Companion |
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London … if you want to know it better … Ackroyd is your indispensable companion. - Observer
London … if you want to know it better … Ackroyd is your indispensable companion. - Observer
About The Author
Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd (Author)
Peter Ackroyd, CBE, novelist, critic and biographer, formerly literary editor of the Spectator and chief non-fiction reviewer for the Times, has won numerous literary awards. His London: The Biography (2000) took the South Bank Show Annual Award for Literature.
Thomas Wright (Author)
Thomas Wright, historian, writer and researcher, was editor for Peter Ackroyd’s London: The Biography.
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