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The streets of London resonate with secret stories, from East End lore to Cold War espionage, from tales of riots, rakes, anarchy and grisly murders, to Rolling Stones gigs, gangland drinking dens, Orwell's Fitzrovia and Lenin's haunts. Ed Glinert has walked the length and breadth of the city to unravel its mysteries, travelling through time from the Romans' London wall to the new Olympic site at Stratford. This is London as you have never seen it before.… (plus d'informations)
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A wonderful paean to London throughout the ages as the author gives us the history of London streets, from the time of Boudica to the 2012 Olympics.
It was fascinating to find out for example, that Spike Milligan designed the colour scheme for Woodside Park tube station, that police once arrested a pantomime horse near Portobello Road and Karl Marx got caught drunk and disorderly. Practically every page has an eye opening fact such as these and I couldn't wait to see who was name checked next. My only regret was that I didn't have this book with me on my various trips to London over the years. ( )
The streets of London resonate with secret stories, from East End lore to Cold War espionage, from tales of riots, rakes, anarchy and grisly murders, to Rolling Stones gigs, gangland drinking dens, Orwell's Fitzrovia and Lenin's haunts. Ed Glinert has walked the length and breadth of the city to unravel its mysteries, travelling through time from the Romans' London wall to the new Olympic site at Stratford. This is London as you have never seen it before.
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It was fascinating to find out for example, that Spike Milligan designed the colour scheme for Woodside Park tube station, that police once arrested a pantomime horse near Portobello Road and Karl Marx got caught drunk and disorderly. Practically every page has an eye opening fact such as these and I couldn't wait to see who was name checked next. My only regret was that I didn't have this book with me on my various trips to London over the years. ( )