Traveller's History of London [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Richard Tames

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ISBN 10: 1905214545 ISBN 13: 9781905214549

Casa editrice: The Armchair Traveller at the bookHaus, 2007

Riassunto

A Traveller’s History of London aims to bring London’s past alive to the resident, traveller and student, to reveal the city’s hidden treasures and forgotten places and guide the reader to the sights and sites that can still be seen and enjoyed. This Traveller’s History gives the discerning visitor a full and comprehensive historical background to the capital’s past and covers the period from London’s first beginnings, right up to the present day – from Londinium and Lundenwic to the Dome and the Tate Modern. It has always been an international city and visitors from all over the world have recorded their impressions which have been drawn on extensively for this book. During London’s 2000-year history , it has been praised for its elegance and civility and damned for its riots, rudeness, fogs and squalor. It has been exalted as a vision for the future and reviled as a vision of hell, revelled in by seekers after pleasure and coolly analyzed by seekers after truth. Illustrated throughout with maps and line drawings, A Traveller’s History of London will help you enjoy the capital in full.

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Recensione:

Author Richard Tames provides a lively comprehensive account of the [UK] capital's 2000 year history. --The Daily Telegraph

...recommended for both would-be visitors and armchair travellers alike: It provides a historical background to London and condenses 2000 years of history into a lively, readable format which will prove particularly inviting for history buffs who want to have the book in hand while visiting parks, museums and historical sites around London. --The Midwest Book Review

...dip into Richard Tames's literary, lyrical A Traveller's History of London. --The Sunday Telegraph

...the quirky nature of Tames's information and the sheer depth of research is a total joy. --Westminster & Pimlico News

L'autore:

Richard Tames lectures for the London programs of Syracuse University and the American University and is a London Tourist Board registered 'Blue Badge' guide. He is the author of American Walks in London and A Traveller's History of Japan.

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• Editore: The Armchair Traveller at the bookHaus
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1905214545
• ISBN 13: 9781905214549
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 5
• Numero di pagine: 384