Roy Porter a historian of formidable range turns to urban history in this marvellously lucid informative & passionate book... Porters facts are always at the service of the narrative which has a finely maintained momentum balancing statistics with the words of historians diarists & novelists poets & churchmen: Pepys Boswell Fielding Walpole Blake Mayhew Wells Woolf Spark.. .a timely & brilliant book.
- Claire Tomalin Evening Standard". A vivid celebration of the city but also an elegy for its decline bubbling with statistics & anecdote from Boadicea to Betjeman.
- Richard Holmes Daily Telegraph Books of the Year."

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In London: The Autobiography" the life of the capital is told for the first time by those who made it & saw it at first h&. From Roman times to the 21st century Londoners & visitors to the city have recounted the extraordinary events everyday life & character of this unique & influential city
- from politics culture sport religion & reportage. This book brings to vivid life the human trial of the capital including invasions by the Vikings the brutal execution of Sir Thomas More the sight of a whale swimming up the Thames & the rebuilding of St Pauls by Sir Christopher Wren as well as the everyday life of the city. It

Includes:: contributions from George Orwell Martin Amis Dr Johnson Karl Marx Winston Churchill Fyodor Dostoyevsky Virginia Woolfe George Melly Tacitus Samuel Pepys & many others. Packed with personality & character this book is a must-buy for anyone interested in London as well as a wonderful story of the city at the heart of the nation. Praise for Jon E Lewis: A triumph
- Saul David author of " Victorias Army". Harrowing funny & often unbelievable book
- " Daily Express" [A] compelling tommys eye view of war from Agincourt to Iraq
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Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life & past of London but here as a culmination is his definitive account of the city. For him it is a living organism with its own laws of growth & change so London is a biography rather than a history. It differs from other histories too in the range & diversity of its contents. Ackroyd portrays London from the time of the Druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century noting magnificence in both epochs but this is not a simple chronological record. There are chapters on the history of silence & the history of light the history of childhood & the history of suicide the history of Cockney speech & the history of drink. London is perhaps the most important study of the city ever written & confirms Ackroyd's status as what one critic has called 'our age's greatest London imagination.' ...

This is a fantastic brand new addition to the Beginners" series which is designed to provide an informative introduction to non-fiction subjects for young readers. A brief history of London from the importance of the River Thames to the significance of the Great Fire & the innovation of the London Underground this book is full of facts about our capital city. It provides terrific reading practise for children who prefer fact to fiction. It is developed with a reading expert from Roehampton University to help young readers grow in confidence." ...

This comprehensive street map of London district clearly shows AA recommended restaurants pubs hotels one-way streets & car parks. Keeping you on the move in the city the map also features a clever use of colour to ensure it can be read under street lighting. ...

London 2: South is a uniquely comprehensive guide to the twelve southern boroughs. Its riverside buildings range from the royal splendours of Hampton Court & Greenwich & the Georgian delights of Richmond to the monuments of Victorian commerce in Lambeth & Southwark. But the book also charts lesser known suburbs from former villages such as Clapham to still rural Edwardian Chislehurst as well as the results of twentieth-century planners dreams from Roehampton to Thamesmead. Full accounts are given of London landmarks as diverse as Southwark Cathedral Soanes Dulwich Picture Gallery & the arts complex of the South Bank. The outer boroughs include diverse former country houses
- Edward IVs Eltham Palace the Jacobean Charlton House & the Palladian Marble Hill. The rich Victorian churches & school buildings are covered in detail as are the exceptional structures of Kew Gardens.
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London street map

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This guide opens up the treasures of Londons most alluring quarter. At its core are Westminster Abbey Parliament & the palatial Government buildings of Whitehall together with the great band of Royal Parks stretching westward toward Kensington. It also

Includes:: Londons West End (Covent Garden Soho Mayfair & St Jamess) & the less well-known Belgravia & Pimlico. The architectural glories of Westminster Abbey are supplemented by details of its astonishing monuments perhaps the greatest such collection in Europe. Buckingham Palace & its elder sister at St Jamess the gorgeous riches of Theatreland & the stately parade of gentlemens clubs in Pall Mall are all described in depth. Georgian houses large & small the amazingly varied Victorian mansion blocks & workers dwellings & some post-war housing schemes are also comprehensively surveyed. Architectural developments are punctuated by Westminsters many statues & monuments from Nelsons Column to Oscar Wilde. For each area there is a detailed gazetteer & brief introduction. A general introduction provides a historical & artistic overview. Numerous maps & plans over 100 colour photographs full indexes & an illustrated glossary are also provided. This is the fifth of six Pevsner Architectural Guides volumes on London available in cloth.

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David Gentleman has been drawing London all his adult life. But can you look afresh at the place where you live? Over the past year he has immersed himself in his home city to try & find out. London You're Beautiful" the resulting book of sketches drawings & watercolours arranged month by month shows a year in the life of London & reveals the city that is hidden in plain view. David's notes on his work offer us a privileged insight into how an artist sees & captures the ever-shifting light & colours movement & figures of a teeming city as it moves through the seasons. He describes how he chooses techniques & materials to render the spellbound children at his grandchildren's Camden primary school; the spectacular transformation of Hendon's streets from brown to pink to green with April's cherry blossom; the strange world evoked by the city under snow. Through David's eyes we see London anew as he shows us how the sun turns rubbish-strewn ditches into enchanting waterside glades or how just twenty-two lines on paper can deliver the dazzling complexity of Canary Wharf's windows. This book is for everyone who would like to understand how an artist works for lovers of the Olympic city that will be celebrated in London 2012 & for those who long to see a familiar world transformed. David Gentleman born in London in 1930 is a watercolourist & printmaker working in many media & scales. He has designed British stamps & coins & the platform-length mural at Charing Cross tube station well-known to Londoners that is blown up from his wood engravings. His studio is at the top of an early Victorian house in Camden Town between the crowded rackety Camden Lock & the green spaces of Regent's Park & Primrose Hill." ...

The London 2012 Olympic Games will be the biggest sporting event ever to be staged in Great Britain. The Greatest Show on Earth relives every important moment from every day of the London 2012 Olympic Games from the Opening Ceremony on Friday 27 July to the Closing Ceremony on Sunday 12 August recording the joy & exultation of the Olympic gold medallists as well sympathetically remembering some of the hard-luck stories. The book is structured in such a way that each days activities are covered the great stories outstanding achievements & heroic efforts & all are brought to life by stunning action photographs. To conclude each day there are potted highlights & sport by sport a list of all the medals awarded. For every sports fan whether they attend an event or not The Greatest Show on Earth will be the perfect keepsake from a fantastic summer. ...