A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
Here are two thousand years of London's history and folklore, its chroniclers and criminals and plain citizens, its food and drink and countless pleasures. Blackfriar's and Charing Cross, Paddington and Bedlam. Westminster Abbey and St. Martin in the Fields. Cockneys and vagrants.
Immigrants, peasants, and punks. The Plague, the Great Fire, the Blitz. London at all times of day and night, and in all kinds of weather. In well-chosen anecdotes, keen observations, and the words of hundreds of its citizens and visitors, Ackroyd reveals the ingenuity and grit and vitality of London.
Through a unique thematic tour of the physical city and its inimitable soul, the city comes alive.
| ISBN: | 9780385497718 |
| Publication date: | 8th April 2003 |
| Author: | Peter Ackroyd |
| Publisher: | Anchor Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 801 pages |
| Genres: |
European history Anthologies: general Travel |
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKHere are two thousand years of London's history and folklore, its chroniclers and criminals and plain citizens, its food and drink and countless pleasures. Blackfriar's and Charing Cross, Paddington and Bedlam.
London features in the following genres: European history, Anthologies: general, Travel
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London was written by Peter Ackroyd and published by Anchor Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
London has 801 pages