Bloody London: 20 Walks in London, Taking in Its Gruesome and Horrific History (Fathers David)(Paperback)

Bloody London: 20 Walks in London, Taking in Its Gruesome and Horrific History (Fathers David)(Paperback)

An entertaining, beautifully illustrated and delightfully gruesome walking guide to London's horrific history. An entertaining, revealing and beautifully illustrated walking guide to London's horrific history, Bloody London features walks that take in everything from Jack the Ripper's haunts, to

Cruickshank's London: A Portrait of a City in 20 Walks (Cruickshank Dan)(Paperback)

'The perfect guide to the hidden history of London's streets.' BBC History Magazine In Cruickshank's London, Britain's favourite architectural historian describes thirteen walks through one of the greatest cities on earth. From the mysterious Anglo-Saxon origins of Hampstead Heath, via Christopher

Walk Wild Essex - 50 Wildlife Walks in Essex and East London (Gunton Tony)(Paperback / softback)

London Zoo and the Victorians, 1828-1859 (Ito Takashi)(Paperback)

London Zoo examined in its nineteenth-century context, looking at its effect on cultural and social life. At the dawn of the Victorian era, London Zoo became one of the metropolis's premier attractions. The crowds drawn to its bear pit included urban promenaders, gentlemen menagerists, Indian

Birdwatching Walks in Bowland (Hindle David)(Paperback / softback)

Birdwatching Walks in Bowland, now in its third edition, reveals the many treasures in the Forest of Bowland that can be enjoyed by all. Readers can choose from over 30 lovely routes, all with straightforward directions, easy-to-follow maps and useful birding

Red Metropolis: Socialism and the Government of London (Hatherley Owen)(Paperback)

A polemical history of municipal socialism in London - and an argument for turning this capitalist capital red again. A polemical history of municipal socialism in London -- and an argument for turning this capitalist capital red again. London is conventionally seen as merely a combination of the

The Stones of London: A History in Twelve Buildings (Hollis Leo)(Paperback)

The story of London, told through twelve of its most seminal buildings. 'Excellent ...this is an imaginative book that finds a convincing new way to tell the story of one of the most written-about cities in the world' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Hollis has a fine eye for architecture, and engagingly

Walks in the Country Near London (Somerville Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

From easy rambles through apple orchards and lush pastures in Kent to more exhilarating rambles along Sharpenhoe Clappers' chalk escarpments in Bedfordshire, this title reveals the myriad treasures that lie just beyond London's urban

London in the Twentieth Century - A City and Its People (White Jerry)(Paperback / softback)

Jerry White's London in the Twentieth Century, Winner of the Wolfson Prize, is a masterful account of the city's most tumultuous century by its leading expert. In 1901 no other city matched London in size, wealth and

London: A History in Maps (Barber Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Over the past two thousand years London has developed from a small town, fitting snugly within its walls, into one of the world's largest and most dynamic cities. This beautifully illustrated book charts that growth and the city's transformation through hundreds of maps culled from the collection

Fathers (Miller Sam)(Paperback / softback)

In early 2014, after many years living abroad, Sam Miller returned to his childhood home in London. His father was dying. In the months after his death, Sam began to write about his

Kent Pub Walks (Staines David)(Paperback / softback)

The 20 walks in this book are centred on a broad variety of good pubs in Kent. The circular walks vary in length from 2 to 7 miles and take you through some of the best countryside in

This Is London: Life and Death in the World City (Judah Ben)(Paperback)

This is the new London: an immigrant city. Over one-third of Londoners were born abroad, with half arriving since the millennium. This has utterly transformed the capital, for better and for worse. Ben Judah is an acclaimed foreign correspondent, but here he turns his reporter's gaze on home,

The Worst Street in London (Rule Fiona)(Paperback)

AMID the bustling streets of Spitalfields, East London, there is a piece of real estate with a bloody history. This was once Dorset Street: the haunt of thieves, murderers and prostitutes; the sanctuary of persecuted people; the last resort for those who couldn't afford anything else - and the

How to Read London - A crash course in London Architecture (Rogers Chris)(Paperback / softback)

Over 2,000 years of settlement give London its unique architectural heritage. Unlike Haussmann's Paris, neither monarch nor politician imposed their will; private ownership and enterprise shaped the city and defined its parts. Elegant West End squares and crescents hallmark the Classical townscape

Spring (Szalay David)(Paperback / softback)

James and Katherine meet at a wedding in London in 2006, towards the end of the money-for-nothing years. James is a man with a varied past now living alone in a flat in Bloomsbury; They exchange phone numbers at the wedding, but from then on not much goes according to the

The Wardrobe Mistress (McGrath Patrick)(Paperback)

January 1947. London is in ruins, there's nothing to eat, and it's the coldest winter in living memory. To make matters worse, Charlie Grice, one of the great stage actors of the day, has suddenly died. His widow Joan, the wardrobe mistress, is beside herself with grief. Then one night she

Easystart: Tinker's Island (Rabley Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Original / British English It's 1798. Sam Tinker and his daughter Jenny live in London. One day a thief puts a watch in Sam's hand. 'Take this, ' he says, and runs away. Two policemen see the watch and take Sam away. What can Jenny do? Can she help her father

The Seeker (MacLean S. G.)(Paperback)

A bloody murder. An open and shut case? In Oliver Cromwell's London, nothing is as it seems - Captain Damian Seeker must battle to find justice, when an innocent man's life hangs in the balance. 'Challenges CJ Sansom for dominion of historical crime' Sunday Times 'The best historical crime novel of

Hiraeth (Poulton N. J.)(Paperback)

'It's cleverly written, and draws heavily on the fascinating history and famous landmarks of London. Fans of the Harry Potter books will really enjoy this.' - Amazon Review for Podwitch London has become a place of riots and anger, driven by the influence of shadow creatures known as the Severals

Saved (Various)(Paperback)

Described by its author as 'almost irresponsibly optimistic', Saved is a play set in London in the sixties. Its subject is the cultural poverty and frustration of a generation of young people on the dole and living on council estates. The play was first staged privately in November 1965 at the

A History of London in 50 Lives (Long David)(Pevná vazba)

'By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.' - Samuel Johnson It is the people who make London what it is. The men and women living within its walls, with all their successes and failures, their loves and lies, their dramas and indulgences. Taking us from the sixteenth

London's Docklands: A History of the Lost Quarter (Rule Fiona)(Paperback)

In its heyday, London's Docklands was dominated by the Port of London; a sprawling network of quays, ancient wharves, deep canals and high-walled basins that stretched along the Thames from the City to Tilbury. Two or three generations ago, London Docks provided employment for over 100,000 men, but

Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America's Death Penalty (Sarat Austin)(Paperback)

Gruesome Spectacles tells the sobering history of botched, mismanaged, and painful executions in the U.S. from 1890 to the present. Since the book's initial publication in 2014, the cruel and unusual executions of a number of people on death row, including Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma and Joseph