When Mollie & Peter go to buy their mother a birthday present, they discover the most extraordinary thing: a chair that can fly
...London has been one of the world's great cities for over 2, 000 years & has produced countless scholars, artists, rogues & wits, each of whom left their mark on the metropolis by their words or deeds. The Wit & Wisdom of London brings together their best & most memorable"ations, a treasury of the cleverest, the wittiest, & the bawdiest sayings of the city's greatest residents. From the Romans to Amy Winehouse, via Doctor Johnson & Dickens, & from the aristocrats of Westminster to the paupers of the East End, The Wit & Wisdom of London captures the essence of London, in the words of its people.