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London Under by Peter Ackroyd (Hardcover, 2011)
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Author : Ackroyd, Peter. London Under. Genre : London, Greater London. We're sorry to hear there's a problem with your order. Yes, UK only for orders made before 14:00. Publisher : Chatto & Windus. Publication Date : 2011-04-07.
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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 vastnesProduct Identifiers
PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139780701169916
eBay Product ID (ePID)201034514
Product Key Features
Number of Pages208 Pages
Publication NameLondon under
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2011
TypeTextbook
AuthorPeter Ackroyd
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height204 mm
Item Weight303 g
Item Width144 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorPeter Ackroyd
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- 14. 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.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 13. Mär. 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.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 01. Jul. 2022
Going underground
Arrived on time.Good value and as usual with this author very readable.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 22. Mai. 2024
Lovely item, very happy, many thanks 👍🏼
Lovely item, very happy, many thanks 👍🏼Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 08. Sep. 2021
Brilliant
Interesting and intriguing- such impressive knowledge of the underground secrets of LondonBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
