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London - Districts and Suburbs by Peter Ackroyd (Audio CD, 2003)

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Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but here, as a culmination, is his definitive account of the city. It has been abridged for audio into five broad areas of interest and is also available as a box set. For Ackroyd London is a living organism, with its own laws of growth and change, thus London is a biography rather than a history. It differs from other histories, too, in the range and diversity of its contents. Ackroyd portrays London from the time of the Druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs, but this is not a simple chronological record. It is a comprehensive account, animated by Ackroyd's concern for the close relationship between the present and the past as well as by what he describes as the peculiar 'echoic' quality of London whereby its texture and history actively affect the lives and personalities of its citizens. London is perhaps the most important study of the city ever written, and confirms Ackroyd's status as what one critic has called 'our age's greatest London imagination'. Districts and Suburbs focuses on the nature and character of various inner city districts, and

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Cornerstone
ISBN-10
185686796x
ISBN-13
9781856867962
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95171324

Product Key Features

Book Title
London-Districts and Suburbs
Author
Peter Ackroyd
Format
Audio CD
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Run Time
180 Mins
Genre
Biographies & True Stories

Dimensions

Item Weight
177g

Additional Product Features

Subject Area
Urban Planning
Title_Author
Peter Ackroyd
Running Time
180
Read by
Simon Callow
Contained Items Statement
3 Audio Cds
Subject
Biography: Historical, Political & Military, History
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Number of Pages
1 Pages

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