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Londonopolis: A Curious and Quirky History of London
Martin Latham
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Description for Londonopolis: A Curious and Quirky History of London
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 190 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
This curious history of London whisks you down the rabbit hole and into the warren of backstreets, landmarks, cemeteries, palaces, markets, museums and secret gardens of the great metropolis. Meet the cockneys, politicians, fairies, philosophers, gangsters and royalty that populate the city, their stories becoming curiouser and curiouser as layers of time and history are peeled back. Find out which tube station once housed the Elgin Marbles and what lies behind a Piccadilly doorway that helped Darwin launch his theory of evolution and caused the Swedes to wage war against Britain. Do you ... Read more
This curious history of London whisks you down the rabbit hole and into the warren of backstreets, landmarks, cemeteries, palaces, markets, museums and secret gardens of the great metropolis. Meet the cockneys, politicians, fairies, philosophers, gangsters and royalty that populate the city, their stories becoming curiouser and curiouser as layers of time and history are peeled back. Find out which tube station once housed the Elgin Marbles and what lies behind a Piccadilly doorway that helped Darwin launch his theory of evolution and caused the Swedes to wage war against Britain. Do you ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pavilion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
475 g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849941655
SKU
V9781849941655
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1
About Martin Latham
Dr Martin Latham has a PhD in history from London University and was a lecturer at Hertfordshire University before becoming a bookseller. He has managed Waterstones bookshop in Canterbury for over 30 years - the longest-serving Waterstones manager. He is proud of ordering the excavation of the Roman Bath-House floor at his bookshop, paying for it with the biggest petty ... Read more
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