An abridged edition of Peter Ackroyd''s magisterial biography of the city of London.

Prize-winning historian, novelist and broadcaster, Peter Ackroyd takes us on a journey - historical, geographical and imaginative - through the city of London. Moving back and forth through time, Ackroyd is an effortless, exuberant guide to times of plague and pestilence, fire and floods, crime and punishment, and sex and theatreHe brings the ever changing streets alive for the reader and shows us what lies beneath our feet and above our heads. His biography is as rich in detail and fizzing with vitality as the city itself.

Format Häftad Omfång 688 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Vintage Publishing Utgivningsdatum 2012-04-12 ISBN 9780099570387