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Londonopolis

By Martin Latham

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Londonopolis

By Martin Latham

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This curious history of London whisks you down the rabbit hole and into the warren of backstreets, landmarks, cemeteries, palaces, markets, museums and secret gardens of the great metropolis. Meet the cockneys, politicians, fairies, philosophers, gangsters and royalty that populate the city, their stories becoming curiouser and curiouser as layers of time and history are peeled back. Find out which tube station once housed the Elgin Marbles and what lies behind a Piccadilly doorway that helped Darwin launch his theory of evolution and caused the Swedes to wage war against Britain. Do you believe in fairies? Do you know which Leadenhall site became a Nag's Head tavern, morphing into the mighty East India Company, before taking flight as the futuristic Lloyds Building? Who named the Natural History Museum's long-tailed dinosaur Mr Whippy? Spanning above and below ground, from the outer suburbs to the inner city, and from the medieval period to the modern day, Londonopolis is a celebration of the weird and the wonderful that makes the mysterious city of London so magical.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
224
Release Date:
2014-09-04
Publication Date:
2014-09-30
Publisher:
Rizzoli International Publications
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1849941653
ISBN13:
9781849941655
Weight:
479 g
Height:
136 cm
Width:
205 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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