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London River

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Author : Gavin Weightman
language : en
Publisher: Collins & Brown
Release Date : 1991-07

London River written by Gavin Weightman and has been published by Collins & Brown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-07 with categories.

London's history has been governed since the time of the Roman occupation by the nature of the River Thames. T.S.Eliot called the river a strong brown god, and it has always had the power to carry life to London and the other towns of the valley and the power to take it away. Half the history of the river is about its value as a highway, as a source of food and drinking water and as a pleasure resort. The other half is about the massive human effort required to control and harness its immense power, which has threatened to wash away the wealth it has brought.

Portrait Of London River

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Author : Basil E. Cracknell
language : en
Publisher: Robert Hale
Release Date : 1968

Portrait Of London River written by Basil E. Cracknell and has been published by Robert Hale this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Travel categories.

London S River

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Author : Michael Leapman
language : en
Publisher: Pavilion Books, Limited
Release Date : 1991

London S River written by Michael Leapman and has been published by Pavilion Books, Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with London (England) categories.

London S Thames

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Author : Gavin Weightman
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2014-01-07

London S Thames written by Gavin Weightman and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-07 with History categories.

Without the Thames, there would be no London or England. From earliest times, the city's needs--whether for stone, gold, or coal, for hay to feed livestock or food, wine and spices for human beings--were supplied from the river, as the fierce tides brought ships upstream or carried them down again. Only with the age of trunk road and rail did London's global importance as a port diminish. Even after that the tides continued to drive the great power stations. Gavin Weightman's fascinating book London's Thames, a compendium of often surprising information, is the best possible introduction to the water and its ways, the buildings that line the banks, and the people who lived by the river, their customs and ancient knowledge. Everything is to be found here: trade and tide, lightermen, watermen and dockers, bridges, funnels and ferries, frost fairs and regattas, clear water, fish and wildlife, pollution and waste, fortification and defense. Above all, one feels the presence of the great waterway itself, a force of nature in our urban midst.

London S River Thames

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Author : Greater London Council
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973

London S River Thames written by Greater London Council and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Political Science categories.

The River Of London

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Author : Hilaire Belloc
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1912

The River Of London written by Hilaire Belloc and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1912 with London (England) categories.

Mudlarking

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Author : Lara Maiklem
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-08-18

Mudlarking written by Lara Maiklem and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-18 with Nature categories.

_______________ WINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION THE TOP 2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR _______________ Mudlark (/'mAdla;k/) noun A person who scavenges for usable debris in the mud of a river or harbour Lara Maiklem has scoured the banks of the Thames for over fifteen years, in pursuit of the objects that the river unearths: from Neolithic flints to Roman hair pins, medieval buckles to Tudor buttons, Georgian clay pipes to Victorian toys. These objects tell her about London and its lost ways of life. Moving from the river's tidal origins in the west of the city to the point where it meets the sea in the east, Mudlarking is a search for urban solitude and history on the River Thames, which Lara calls the longest archaeological site in England. As she has discovered, it is often the tiniest objects that tell the greatest stories. _______________ 'Enchanting' - Sunday Times 'Driven by curiosity, freighted with mystery and tempered by chance, wonders gleam from every page' - Melissa Harrison 'Brilliant. No one has looked at these odd corners since Sherlock Holmes' - Sunday Telegraph 'The very best books that deal with the past are love letters to their subject, and the very best of those are about subjects that love their authors in return. Such books are very rare, but this is one' - Ian Mortimer 'Fascinating. There is nothing that Maiklem does not know about the history of the river or the thingyness of things' - Guardian 'A treasure. One of the best books I've read in years' - Tracy Borman

London

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Author : Walter Besant
language : en
Publisher: London : A. & C. Black
Release Date : 1912

London written by Walter Besant and has been published by London : A. & C. Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1912 with London (England) categories.

London S River

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Author : Chris Thurman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

London S River written by Chris Thurman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Travel categories.

The River Thames has been the lifeblood of London since before Roman times. It is its raison d’être, and has been responsible for the growth of this remarkable city. This book captures the many changes along the river over the last 40 years.

The Illustrated Hand Book To London And Its Environs

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1853

The Illustrated Hand Book To London And Its Environs written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1853 with London (England) categories.