Tunnels Towers And Temples

Product Description

Tunnels Towers & Temples" takes a sideways look at London revealing the hidden stories curious histories & sometimes comic assocations behind dozens of often quite familiar places. Through their stories the author reveals a strange side of London most people never come to know even though they walk its streets every day & take much of what they see entirely for granted. Typical examples include extensive networks of tunnels running beneath high street pavements secret transport & signalling networks crisscrossing the capital genuine oddities such as streetlamps powered by sewer gas a street where you can legally drive on the right a future Russian Tsar working incognito in a British naval dockyard even a Nazi memorial sited among the real heroes & adventurers of the British Empire. This companion to " Spectacular Vernacular: Londons 100 Most Extraordinary Buildings" is the best possible start for anyone who wishes to get off the beaten track & under the skin of the hidden city that is modern-day London."