Author: INWOOD, STEPHEN
Title: Historic London : an explorer's companion
Description: London : Macmillan 2008. First Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight. bright and clean.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 413 pages; As you walk the streets of the capital. whether you live in the city or are just visiting it. Inwood will show you London's history all around you: stretches of Roman wall; medieval churches and Tudor houses that survived the Great Fire; monastic buildings that survived the Reformation; street markets first established centuries ago that survive today; Georgian streets and squares that were spared the wreckers' ball; Wren churches; Victorian terraces; and. Inns of Court that survived the Blitz. He takes you to the London of Chaucer and Shakespeare. Samuels Pepys and Johnson; Dickens and Darwin. T.S Eliot and George Orwell. It is the perfect book to have in your pocket or your bag as you go about your business in this most fascinating of cities. xvii. 413 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Subjects: London (England) - Description and travel. Travel & holiday guides ; Local history ; Guidebooks. by Stephen Inwood.Weight in Kg appr.:

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