London: A Biography
Peter AckroydSUMMARY:
Here are two thousand years of London's history and folklore, its chroniclers and criminals and plain citizens, its food and drink and countless pleasures. Blackfriar's and Charing Cross, Paddington and Bedlam. Westminster Abbey and St. Martin in the Fields. Cockneys and vagrants. Immigrants, peasants, and punks. The Plague, the Great Fire, the Blitz. London at all times of day and night, and in allkinds of weather. In well-chosen anecdotes, keen observations, and the words of hundreds of its citizens and visitors, Ackroyd reveals the ingenuity and grit and vitality of London. Through a unique thematic tour of thephysical city and its inimitable soul, the city comes alive. "From the Trade Paperback edition."
年:
2009
出版社:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
语言:
english
ISBN 10:
1400075513
ISBN 13:
9781400075515
文件:
EPUB, 9.30 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2009
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