Ranging from Somerset House to the Serpentine, Smithfield Market to Selfridges, Michael Foley leads us on a tour of London’s most popular landmarks. He shows us that while much of the city is transformed decade-by-decade, London is rooted in its most persistent features. While White City would be unrecognisable to a time-travelling Edwardian, the great memorials, palaces and churches are definitive – and a century is nothing to the houses on Fleet Street that survived the Great Fire of 1666.
Obvious patterns emerge – while the traffic on the streets is increasingly relentless, the Thames, once clogged with trading ships, now tends towards the empty. And although the speed of new building work has only accelerated over the years, the twenty-first-century pedestrian has a much greener – and arguably safer – journey ahead of her than her Edwardian predecessors. London Through Time is the ideal companion for a leisurely ramble around one of the most diverse, most venerated cities on Earth.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A former schoolteacher, Michael Foley specializes in the history of southern England, with a particular focus on London’s military past. He is the prolific author behind London Under Attack: From Caesar to Hitler, Front-Line Thames, Hard as Nails and Prisoners of the British. He is a contributor to Best of British, Evergreen, and Great War Magazine. His books for Amberley Publishing include Havering Through Time and the forthcoming Barking and Dagenham Through Time.
He lives in Romford, Essex.
| Publication: |
October 2010 |
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96 pages |
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In stock |
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90 |
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235 x 165 mm |
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90 |
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Paperback |
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