Shakespeare's London: Everyday Life in London 1580-1616 (Porter Stephen)(Paperback)

Shakespeare's London: Everyday Life in London 1580-1616 (Porter Stephen)(Paperback)

Everyday life in the teeming metropolis during William Shakespeare's time in the city. Shakespeare's London was a bustling, teeming metropolis that was growing so rapidly that the government took repeated, and ineffectual, steps to curb its expansion. From contemporary letters, journals and

Globe: Life in Shakespeare's London (Arnold Catharine)(Paperback)

A fascinating portrait of life in Shakespeare's London, as seen from the theatrical perspective by popular historian Catharine Arnold. The life of William Shakespeare, Britain's greatest dramatist, is inextricably linked with the history of London. Together, the great writer and the great city came

The Great Fire of London (Porter Stephen)(Paperback)

The Great Fire of London was the greatest catastrophe of its kind in Western Europe. Although detailed fire precautions and firefighting arrangements were in place, the fire raged for four days and destroyed 13,200 houses, 87 churches, and 44 of the City of London's great livery halls. The great

Victorian London (Picard Liza)(Paperback)

From rag-gatherers to royalty, from fish knives to Freemasons: everyday life in Victorian London. Like its acclaimed companion volumes, Elizabeth's London, Restoration London and Dr Johnson's London, this book is the product of the author's passionate interest in the realities of everyday life so

The Tower of London: The Biography (Porter Stephen)(Paperback)

The Tower of London is an icon of England's history. William the Conqueror built the White Tower after his invasion and conquest in 1066 to dominate London, and it has become infamous as a place of torture, execution and murder.The deaths of royals attracted most attention: the murder of the

Marcel & the Shakespeare Letters, Easystart, Pearson English Readers (Rabley Stephen)(Paperback)

Original / British English Marcel visits his friend, Henry, in London. Henry knows a professor and he has some very interesting letters -- by William Shakespeare Marcel and Henry want to see the letters, but they are not in the professor's flat. Marcel is a detective. Can he find

London Road (Blythe Alecky)(Paperback)

In late 2006 the everyday life of the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. This experimental and challenging work is a highly acclaimed new musical at London's National

Restoration London - Everyday Life in the 1660s (Picard Liza)(Paperback / softback)

From poverty to pets, medicine to magic, slang to sex and from wallpaper to women's rights - a glorious portrait of life in London from 1660-70, by the bestselling author of Elizabeth's

Dr Johnson's London (Picard Liza)(Paperback / softback)

The everyday realities of life in the city of Hogarth, Fielding and Dr Johnson, by the author of the bestselling Elizabeth's

Shakespeare's London on 5 Groats a Day (Tames Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Shakespeare's Hamlet (Bradshaw Graham)(Paperback)

In the four centuries since Shakespeare's death in 1616, Hamlet has almost always been regarded as Shakespeare's greatest play. This is not surprising. As Barbara Everett has observed, Hamlet was not only 'the first great tragedy in Europe for two thousand years'; it was, and still is, 'the world's

Happiness by Design - Finding Pleasure and Purpose in Everyday Life (Dolan Paul)(Paperback / softback)

As a Professor of Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics, the author conducts original research into the measurement of happiness and its causes and consequences, including the effects of our behaviour. In this book, he creates a new outlook on the pursuit of happiness - it's not

Drinking Life (London Jack)(Paperback / softback)

Lanny (Porter Max (Author))(Paperback / softback)

Not far from London, there is a village. This village belongs to the people who live in it and to those who lived in it hundreds of years ago. To families dead for generations, and to those who have only recently moved here. But it also belongs to Dead Papa Toothwort who has woken from his

The Comfort of Things (Miller Daniel)(Paperback)

Wer und vor allem wie lebt man in London heute? In 30 brillanten Portr ts erf hrt der Leser ganz intime Details, durchlebt selbst alle H hen und Tiefen der Protagonisten und erh lt einen umfassenden Einblick in das 'Wesen der Menschen' aus Sicht eines

Rough Justice (Leather Stephen)(Paperback)

The seventh book in the bestselling Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series. Villains across London are being beaten, crippled and killed by vigilante cops. Crime rates are falling, but the powers that be want Dan 'Spider' Shepherd to bring the wave of rough justice to an end. Shepherd has always known that

My Not So Perfect Life - A Novel (Kinsella Sophie)(Paperback)

Katie Brenner has the perfect life: a flat in London, a glamorous job, and a super-cool Instagram feed.OK, so the truth is that she rents a tiny room with no space for a wardrobe, has a hideous commute to a lowly admin job, and the life she shares on Instagram isn't really hers. But one day

Tango One (Leather Stephen)(Paperback)

***Now a motion picture, out 5th March 2018*** In different parts of London, three recruits prepare for their first day at the Metropolitan Police's training centre at Hendon. All three had succeeded in getting into the police in spite of weaknesses. But on their first day, the assistant

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,

London: An Illustrated Literary Companion (Gray Rosemary)(Pevná vazba)

'When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.'Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)London: An Illustrated Literary Companion, compiled by Rosemary Gray, captures the varying moods of the great city of London over recent centuries, through diary entries,

Grief Is the Thing with Feathers (Porter Max (Author))(Paperback / softback)

In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's sudden death. This extraordinary debut, full of unexpected humour and emotional truth, marks the arrival of a thrilling and significant new

The Call of the Wild (London Jack)(Pevná vazba)

The classic survival story by Jack London in a beautiful hardcover edition Life is good for Buck in Santa Clara Valley, where he spends his days eating and sleeping in the golden sunshine. But one day a treacherous act of betrayal leads to his kidnap, and he is forced into a life of toil and

Spiritlands (Wardle Sarah)(Paperback)

Fifth collection by London poet presents a personal geography in poems about hope and courage, life and nature, with a focus on recovery from mental health problems and questioning the workings of the

City of London at War 1939-45 (Wynn Stephen)(Paperback)

The City of London was always going to be an obvious target for German bombers during the Second World War. What better way for Nazi Germany to spread fear and panic amongst the British people than by attacking their capital city? Although not vastly populated in the same way that a bigger city or