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    London - The Biography

    by Peter Ackroyd
    Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but here, as a culmination, is his definitive account of the city.

    For him it is a living organism, with its own...
    • Publisher: Vintage

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    I Never Knew That About London

    by Christopher Winn
    Travelling through the villages and districts that make up arguably the capital of the world, Christopher Winn’s “I Never Knew That About London” takes us on a captivating journey around London to unea...
    • Publisher: Ebury Press

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    London Lore - The Legends & Traditions of the World's Most Vibrant City

    by Steve Roud
    London Lore sees leading folklorist Steve Roud bring together an astonishingly rich selection of the capital's stories: fabled events, heroes and villains, tales of ghosts and witches, and accounts of...
    • Publisher: Arrow

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    The Ghost Map

    by Steven Johnson
    In “Ghost Map”, Steven Johnson tells the story of the terrifying cholera epidemic that engulfed London in 1854, and the two unlikely heroes - anaesthetist Doctor John Snow and affable clergyman Reveren...
    • Publisher: Penguin

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    West End Chronicles

    by Ed Glinert

    The West End is historically the beating heart of London life and in West End Chronicles Ed Glinert looks at the glorious triumphs of this thriving district.


    From Mayfair to Soho, Shaftesbury...
    • Publisher: Penguin

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    East End Chronicles

    by Ed Glinert
    In East End Chronicles, Ed Glinert explores the dark, unusual and arcane stories of East London in his renowned and absorbing style.

    Medieval burial ground, Victorian hell hole, Blitz bombing...
    • Publisher: Penguin

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    Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire

    by Iain Sinclair
    Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire is Iain Sinclair’s personal record of the area of London in which he has lived for forty years. Fusing fact and fiction, Sinclair seeks to document the traditional...
    • Publisher: Penguin

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    Lived in London: Blue Plaques and the Stories behind Them

    by Philip Davies
    Lived in London is a comprehensive and beautifully produced title from English Heritage about the capital’s 800 blue plaques and the stories behind them. Illustrated with an array of historical and...
    • Publisher: English Heritage

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    Underground London – Travels beneath the City Streets

    by Stephen Smith
    Magnificent and renowned, London's attractions have also been minutely documented. But scratch the surface of the city and a more mysterious, murky world is revealed. A world to which we are...
    • Publisher: Abacus

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    Shaping London

    by Terry Farrell
    Illustrated with maps, archive photographs and paintings, as well as some original sketches, “Shaping London” sees architect and urban planner Sir Terry Farrell create connections between London’s past...
    • Publisher: Wiley & Sons

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    Jack the Ripper and the East End

    by Alex Werner
    “Jack the Ripper and the East End” aims to uncover the reality of East End life of old. In 1888, Whitechapel - at the heart of the inner East End - was the most (in)famous place in the country,...
    • Publisher: Chatto & Windus

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    142 Strand - A Radical Address in Victorian London

    by Rosemary Ashton
    142 Strand was the home of the brilliant and unconventional young publisher John Chapman. All the daring and avant-garde writers and thinkers of Victorian London gathered here, among them Thomas...
    • Publisher: Chatto & Windus
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