London The Biography Of A City

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London The Biography Of A City

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Author : Christopher Hibbert
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970

London The Biography Of A City written by Christopher Hibbert and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with London (England) categories.

London The Biography

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Author : Peter Ackroyd
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2001-11-27

London The Biography written by Peter Ackroyd and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-11-27 with Architecture categories.

Describes London from the time of the Druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs. This title includes chapters on the history of silence and the history of light, the history of childhood and the history of suicide, the history of Cockney speech and the history of drink.

London

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Author : Herzog Csilla
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990

London written by Herzog Csilla and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with categories.

London The Biography Of A City

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Author : Christopher Hibbert
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969

London The Biography Of A City written by Christopher Hibbert and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with History categories.

London

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Author : Peter Ackroyd
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2003-04-08

London written by Peter Ackroyd and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-04-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

In this entertaining and informative volume, a renowned biographer and critic takes on his grandest subject: London--one of the world's most vast and vital cities. in color. 2 maps.

London

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Author : Christopher Hibbert
language : en
Publisher: Viking Press
Release Date : 1980

London written by Christopher Hibbert and has been published by Viking Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with History categories.

A social history of London from the Early Middle Ages to the present which also serves as a comprehensive guide to its buildings and treasures

Queer City

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Author : Peter Ackroyd
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2017-05-25

Queer City written by Peter Ackroyd and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-25 with Social Science categories.

‘Droll, provocative and crammed to busting with startling facts’ Simon Callow, Guardian In this powerful Sunday Times bestseller Peter Ackroyd looks at London in a whole new way – through the history and experiences of its gay population. In Roman Londinium the city was dotted with lupanaria (‘wolf dens’ or public pleasure houses), fornices (brothels) and thermiae (hot baths). Then came the Emperor Constantine, with his bishops, monks and missionaries. And so began an endless loop of alternating permissiveness and censure. Ackroyd takes us right into the hidden history of the city; from the notorious Normans to the frenzy of executions for sodomy in the early nineteenth century. He journeys through the coffee bars of sixties Soho to Gay Liberation, disco music and the horror of AIDS. Today, we live in an era of openness and tolerance and Queer London has become part of the new norm. Ackroyd tells us the hidden story of how it got there, celebrating its diversity, thrills and energy on the one hand; but reminding us of its very real terrors, dangers and risks on the other.

London Fog

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Author : Christine L. Corton
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2015-11-02

London Fog written by Christine L. Corton and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-02 with History categories.

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A Telegraph Editor’s Choice An Evening Standard “Best Books about London” Selection In popular imagination, London is a city of fog. The classic London fogs, the thick yellow “pea-soupers,” were born in the industrial age of the early nineteenth century. Christine L. Corton tells the story of these epic London fogs, their dangers and beauty, and their lasting effects on our culture and imagination. “Engrossing and magnificently researched...Corton’s book combines meticulous social history with a wealth of eccentric detail. Thus we learn that London’s ubiquitous plane trees were chosen for their shiny, fog-resistant foliage. And since Jack the Ripper actually went out to stalk his victims on fog-free nights, filmmakers had to fake the sort of dank, smoke-wreathed London scenes audiences craved. It’s discoveries like these that make reading London Fog such an unusual, enthralling and enlightening experience.” —Miranda Seymour, New York Times Book Review “Corton, clad in an overcoat, with a linklighter before her, takes us into the gloomier, long 19th century, where she revels in its Gothic grasp. Beautifully illustrated, London Fog delves fascinatingly into that swirling miasma.” —Philip Hoare, New Statesman

London Under

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Author : Peter Ackroyd
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2011-11-01

London Under written by Peter Ackroyd and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with History categories.

In this vividly descriptive short study, Peter Ackroyd tunnels down through the geological layers of London, meeting the creatures that dwell in darkness and excavating the lore and mythology beneath the surface. There is a Bronze Age trackway below the Isle of Dogs, Anglo-Saxon graves rest under St. Pauls, and the monastery of Whitefriars lies beneath Fleet Street. To go under London is to penetrate history, and Ackroyd's book is filled with the stories unique to this underworld: the hydraulic device used to lower bodies into the catacombs in Kensal Green cemetery; the door in the plinth of the statue of Boadicea on Westminster Bridge that leads to a huge tunnel packed with cables for gas, water, and telephone; the sulphurous fumes on the Underground's Metropolitan Line. Highly imaginative and delightfully entertaining, London Under is Ackroyd at his best.

City Of London

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Author : David Kynaston
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-12-31

City Of London written by David Kynaston and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-31 with History categories.

David Kynaston's ground-breaking history of the City of London, published in four volumes between 1994 and 2001, is a modern classic. Skilfully edited into a single volume by David Milner, it tells a story as dramatic as any novel, while explaining the mysteries of the financial world in a way that we can all understand. This is a story of booms, busts and bankruptcies, dress codes, eating habits, pay, humour, changing architecture and the unique culture of the Square Mile which brings us up to the modern age.