London: An Illustrated History offers a new perspective on one of the world's most exciting cities, from Iron Age cemeteries to Victorian sewers, Viking raids to Zeppelin air raids, Roman temples to Jewish ghettos, Georgian brothels to the Great Fire, Roman arenas to the Olympics. Images, objects and expert text from the Museum of London, together with maps old and new, contemporary cartoons and paintings, startling artefacts and vivid reconstructions of ancient buildings, shine a fresh light on all aspects of the city's constantly changing story. Invasions, epidemics, riots, pubs, shrines, crime, gentrification, immigrant communities, urban development and art are all here. Special 'Survivals' sections even show where remains of buildings from London's past can still be seen today.
| ISBN: | 9780141011592 |
| Publication date: | 5th May 2011 |
| Author: | Simon Hall, John Clark, Cathy Ross |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Book |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
| Primary Genre | Biographies & Autobiographies |
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