London: The Biography - Rilegato

Ackroyd, Peter

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ISBN 10: 0385497709 ISBN 13: 9780385497701

Casa editrice: Doubleday, 2001

Riassunto

Filled with stunning photographs, illustrations, and maps, an enthralling tour of London, from the time of the Druids to the present, delves into the human dramas that have molded this great city by recreating its pungent odors, bawdy street life, and diverse population and quoting the impressions of such famous Londoners as Dickens, Pepys, and Pope.

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Recensione:

“Fizzles with vitality and originality” -- Sunday Times

“Marvellous – the book about London.” -- Daily Mail

“Peter Ackroyd was born to write the biography of London...A brilliant book.” -- Sunday Telegraph
From the Trade Paperback edition.

L'autore:

PETER ACKROYD is a best-selling writer of both fiction and non-fiction. His most recent books include the biographies Dickens, Blake, and Thomas More, and the novels The Trial of Elizabeth Cree, Milton in America, and The Plato Papers. He has won the Whitbread Biography Award, the Royal Society of Literature’s William Heinemann Award (jointly), the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Guardian fiction prize. He lives in London.

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• Editore: Doubleday
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0385497709
• ISBN 13: 9780385497701
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 801