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London : A Biography by Peter Ackroyd (2003, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100385497717

ISBN-139780385497718

eBay Product ID (ePID)2279040

Product Key Features

Book TitleLondon : a Biography

Number of Pages848 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCultural Heritage, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Great Britain, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Publication Year2003

FeaturesReprint

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections, History

AuthorPeter Ackroyd

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.8 in

Item Weight32.5 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"Magnificent. . . . Succeeds in animating on the page the life of one of the oldest and greatest cities in the world."--The New York Times Book Review "Ackroyd is the most effortless guide. . . . This is much more than history: it is a tapestry of inspiration and love." --The Observer "An erudite labour of love, a fan-letter to a fabulous city. . . . As exuberant, energetic and alarming as the city itself." --Independent on Sunday "A fat and filling feast: pretty much everything of interest about the capital is crammed into the eight-hundred pages."--The Times "If London had the ability to choose its biographer it undoubtedly would tap Peter Ackroyd."--Vanity Fair "A wonderful book, a treasure of information and anecdote about one of the world's great cities, a book to be taken up again and again for the pleasures that lie within."--Chicago Tribune "A book to match its subject . . . one gratefully rediscovers that urban unreality, the city of romance and mystery as well as the one of shops, pubs, and thoroughfares." --The Washington Post, "Magnificent. . . . Succeeds in animating on the page the life of one of the oldest and greatest cities in the world."-- The New York Times Book Review "Ackroyd is the most effortless guide. . . . This is much more than history: it is a tapestry of inspiration and love." -- The Observer "An erudite labour of love, a fan-letter to a fabulous city. . . . As exuberant, energetic and alarming as the city itself." -- Independent on Sunday "A fat and filling feast: pretty much everything of interest about the capital is crammed into the eight-hundred pages."-- The Times "If London had the ability to choose its biographer it undoubtedly would tap Peter Ackroyd."-- Vanity Fair "A wonderful book, a treasure of information and anecdote about one of the world's great cities, a book to be taken up again and again for the pleasures that lie within."-- Chicago Tribune "A book to match its subject . . . one gratefully rediscovers that urban unreality, the city of romance and mystery as well as the one of shops, pubs, and thoroughfares." -- The Washington Post

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK Here are two thousand years of London's history and folklore, its chroniclers and criminals and plain citizens, its food and drink and countless pleasures. Blackfriar's and Charing Cross, Paddington and Bedlam. Westminster Abbey and St. Martin in the Fields. Cockneys and vagrants. Immigrants, peasants, and punks. The Plague, the Great Fire, the Blitz. London at all times of day and night, and in all kinds of weather. In well-chosen anecdotes, keen observations, and the words of hundreds of its citizens and visitors, Ackroyd reveals the ingenuity and grit and vitality of London. Through a unique thematic tour of the physical city and its inimitable soul, the city comes alive.

LC Classification NumberDA684.25