An abridged edition of Peter Ackroyd's magisterial biography of the city of London.
Prize-winning historian, novelist and broadcaster, Peter Ackroyd takes us on a journey - historical, geographical and imaginative - through the city of London. Moving back and forth through time, Ackroyd is an effortless, exuberant guide to times of plague and pestilence, fire and floods, crime and punishment, and sex and theatre. He brings the ever changing streets alive for the reader and shows us what lies beneath our feet and above our heads. His biography is as rich in detail and fizzing with vitality as the city itself.
| ISBN: | 9780099570387 |
| Publication date: | 12th April 2012 |
| Author: | Peter Ackroyd |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 661 pages |
| Genres: |
European history Urban communities Social and cultural history |
An abridged edition of Peter Ackroyd's magisterial biography of the city of London.
Prize-winning historian, novelist and broadcaster, Peter Ackroyd takes us on a journey - historical, geographical and imaginative - through the city of London. Moving back and forth through time, Ackroyd is an effortless, exuberant guide to times of plague and pestilence, fire and floods, crime and punishment, and sex and theatre. He brings the ever changing streets alive for the reader and shows us what lies beneath our feet and above our heads. His biography is as rich in detail and fizzing with vitality as the city itself.
London features in the following genres: European history, Urban communities, Social and cultural history
London is available in Paperback, Ebook
London was written by Peter Ackroyd and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
London has 661 pages
£18.00