A celebration of the colourful history and modern street life of Britain's capital city: the history and the heritage, the royalty and the pageantry, the culture and the architecture, the sights and the people. All the familiar landmarks - the red buses and guards uniforms, the statues and stately buildings - are there, alongside accurate historical reconstructions and important social and cultural icons: Tourist London; Roman Londinium; Edward the Confessor's Westminster; Norman London; The White Tower; Magna Carta; ...
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A celebration of the colourful history and modern street life of Britain's capital city: the history and the heritage, the royalty and the pageantry, the culture and the architecture, the sights and the people. All the familiar landmarks - the red buses and guards uniforms, the statues and stately buildings - are there, alongside accurate historical reconstructions and important social and cultural icons: Tourist London; Roman Londinium; Edward the Confessor's Westminster; Norman London; The White Tower; Magna Carta; Peasants' Revolt; John Ball; Elizabethan London; Shakespeare's London; The Great Plague; The Great Fire; Christopher Wren's London; Georgian London; Docklands; The River Thames; Victorian London; Industrial Revolution; The Great Exhibition; Neo-classical; Edwardian London; The Blitz; Swinging 60's London; 70's Punk London; The City; The Bridges; Buckingham Palace; Whitehall; The Streets of London; Places and History: celebrating the world's most beautiful cities and most fascinating and intriguing regions; celebrating their historic and cultural importance; celebrating their natural beauty. The history of each location is shown in original prints and paintings. The modern scene is explored in glorious colour photos and with a travel writer's experienced eye. In full colour: with 176 colour photographs, 76 historic prints, 2 maps, plus 15 b + w photographs.
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Add this copy of London to cart. $23.64, very good condition, Sold by Hay-on-Wye Booksellers rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2001 by White Star.
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Very Good. Has shelf wear and some marks on the cover however the content remains in very good condition. 136 p. Places and History . 176 colour photographs, 76 prints, 2 maps, 15 b&w photographs.