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| Author: | Judith Hurdle |
| Publisher: | RDR Books |
| Catalogue number: | 78497 |
| Availability: | Special order: usually dispatched within 10 days Special order: usually dispatched within 10 days |
Practical advice for travellers wishing to visit many of the places that featured in or influenced Agatha Christie's novels. Also includes a great deal of biographical insight into her life. Part one...
| Author: | Peter Ackroyd |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Catalogue number: | 100130 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
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 laws...
| Author: | Ed Glinert |
| Publisher: | Penguin |
| Catalogue number: | 124139 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
The streets of London resonate with secret stories, from East End lore to Cold War espionage, from tales of riots, rakes, brothers, anarchy and grisly murders, to Rolling Stones gigs, gangland drinking...
| Author: | Ed Glinert |
| Publisher: | Penguin |
| Catalogue number: | 157377 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 12 days |
Ed Glinert’s Literary London reveals the literary history of the capital’s streets and alleyways, telling the stories behind some of our most famous historical figures. From the Globe at Bankside and...
| Author: | Ed Glinert |
| Publisher: | Allen Lane |
| Catalogue number: | 164451 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Ed Glinert’s absorbing Manchester Compendium is a timely collection of everything you need to know about one of the country’s great industrial cities. Manchester is a dynamic centre of energy, cradle...
| Author: | Tony Williams |
| Publisher: | Proof Books |
| Catalogue number: | 153905 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock Temporarily out of stock |
A pocket A to Z guide on the life and landmarks of the great writer. Places are listed alphabetically and descriptions of each attraction contain writings by Dickens himself.
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