London Bridge, in its successive incarnations, was central to London's development. Originally built by the Romans, almost certainly of wood, as the invaders consolidated their conquest of Britain, it became the hub of a number of important roads.
In the Middle Ages it was rebuilt in stone, gradually topped by buildings perched precariously above the rapid river. It was then one of the wonders and most picturesque structures of the world. With the aid of many old prints and his own original drawings, the author tells the full story of that bridge and its subsequent replacements in a new book of much more than metropolitan appeal.
245 x 185mm (hardback with 150 illustrations) 144 pages
Published 2002