Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Ackroyd, Peter |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Date: | 4/8/2003 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
Here are two thousand years of London’s history and folklore, its chroniclers andcriminals and plain citizens, its food and drink and countless ’sand Charing Cross, Paddington and Abbey and St. Martin in and , peasants, and Plague, theGreat Fire, the at all times of day and night, and in all kinds well-chosen anecdotes, keen observations, and the words of hundredsof its citizens and visitors, Ackroyd reveals the ingenuity and grit and vitalityof London. Through a unique thematic tour of the physical city and its inimitablesoul, the city comes alive.
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