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Book Title
London Under
ISBN
9780701169916

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This is a wonderful, atmospheric, historical, imaginative, oozing little study of everything that goes on under London, from original springs and streams and Roman amphitheatres to Victorian sewers and gang hide-outs. The depth below is hot, much warmer than the surface and this book tunnels down through the geological layers, meeting the creatures that dwell in darkness, real and fictional rats and eels, monsters and ghosts. There is a bronze-age trackway under the Isle of Dogs, Wren found Anglo-Saxon graves under St Pauls, and the monastery of Whitefriars lies beneath Fleet Street. In Kensal Green cemetery there was a hydraulic device to lower bodies into the catacombs below Welcome to the lower depths . A door in the plinth of statue of Boadicea on Westminster Bridge leads to a huge tunnel, packed with cables - gas, water, telephone. When the Metropolitan Line was opened in 1864 the guards asked for permission to grow beards to protect themselves against the sulphurous fumes, and called their engines by the names of tyrants - Czar, Kaiser, Mogul and even Pluto, god of the underworld. Going under London is to penetrate history, to enter a hidden world. The vastnes

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Publisher
Vintage Publishing
ISBN-13
9780701169916
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201034514

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
208 Pages
Publication Name
London under
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Author
Peter Ackroyd
Format
Hardcover

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204 mm
Item Weight
303 g
Item Width
144 mm

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United Kingdom
Title_Author
Peter Ackroyd

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  • by horn-it
    15 Aug, 2019

    Comprehensive and full of detail and yet very concise

    This book is the companion to the author's book on London, covering the geology, rivers, springs and all kinds of man made infrastructure of London beneath the surface. I found it difficult to put the book down and finished it very shortly after delivery. Anyone who is familiar with the names of roads, streets and places or underground and overground railway stations in London and wondered about the origin or etymology of the word can find many of the answers in this book.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: worldofbooks08

  • by pabe4145
    13 Mar, 2024

    Fascinating read.

    Brilliant book by the historian- really interesting read on an unusual but compelling subject. Peter Ackroyd’s love of London shines through in his novels and factual history books. Well worth a read - something different but fascinating.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: baham_books

  • by outtendacier
    01 Jul, 2022

    Going underground

    Arrived on time.Good value and as usual with this author very readable.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: musicmagpie

  • by magikmanic
    22 May, 2024

    Lovely item, very happy, many thanks 👍🏼

    Lovely item, very happy, many thanks 👍🏼

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: worldofbooks08

  • by triciakirby
    08 Sep, 2021

    Brilliant

    Interesting and intriguing- such impressive knowledge of the underground secrets of London

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: worldofbooks08

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