London

London

Author: Edward Rutherfurd

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 1330

ISBN-13: 0099551373

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The triumphs and failures of seven individual family clans span the history of a city from the third-century Roman occupation of Londinium through such eras as the Norman conquest and the Elizabethan period.


A Walk in London

A Walk in London

Author: Salvatore Rubbino

Publisher: Walker

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781406337792

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London - the perfect place for a girl and her mother to spend the day! Follow them as they alight the classic red bus and begin a whirlwind tour of some of London's most iconic land marks.


Patrick Keiller: London

Patrick Keiller: London

Author: Patrick Keiller

Publisher: Fuel

Published: 2020-09-22

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9781916218437

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A highly imaginative psychogeographic journey through (and history of) London from Patrick Keiller, author of Robinson in Spaceand View from the Train In London, the celebrated filmmaker and writer Patrick Keiller offers a journey through the London of 1992, as undertaken by an unnamed narrator and his companion, Robinson. The unseen pair complete a series of excursions around the city, in an attempt to investigate what Robinson calls "the problem of London"; in so doing, the vast palimpsest of the city is revealed. Based on Keiller's acclaimed 1994 film of the same name, Londonis a unique take on the essay-film format in the style of Chris Marker, with scathing reflections on the recent past, enlivened by offbeat humor and wide-ranging literary anecdotes. The amazing locations reveal the familiar London of the near past: Concorde almost touches suburban houses as it takes off; Union Jacks fly from Wembley Stadium; and pigeons flock around tourists in Trafalgar Square. These images, in combination with the script, allow us to see beyond the London presented on the page. This volume offers both a fascinating reflection on the diverse histories of Britain's capital and an illuminating record of 1992, the year of John Major's reelection, IRA bombs and the first crack in the House of Windsor. The publication constitutes the first time that the film has been fully reproduced in print and contains an introduction from the director.


Hidden London

Hidden London

Author: David Bownes

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2019-09-03

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0300245793

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Travel under the streets of London with this lavishly illustrated exploration of abandoned, modified, and reused Underground tunnels, stations, and architecture.


Trope London

Trope London

Author: Sam Landers

Publisher: Trope Publishing Company

Published: 2019-05-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781732061811

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Trope London, the second volume in the Trope City Editions series highlighting the world's most architecturally compelling cities, is a highly curated collection of photographic images from an active community of urban photographers who have passionately captured their city like never before.


Indigenous London

Indigenous London

Author: Coll Thrush

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2016-10-25

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 0300224869

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An imaginative retelling of London’s history, framed through the experiences of Indigenous travelers who came to the city over the course of more than five centuries London is famed both as the ancient center of a former empire and as a modern metropolis of bewildering complexity and diversity. In Indigenous London, historian Coll Thrush offers an imaginative vision of the city's past crafted from an almost entirely new perspective: that of Indigenous children, women, and men who traveled there, willingly or otherwise, from territories that became Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States, beginning in the sixteenth century. They included captives and diplomats, missionaries and shamans, poets and performers. Some, like the Powhatan noblewoman Pocahontas, are familiar; others, like an Odawa boy held as a prisoner of war, have almost been lost to history. In drawing together their stories and their diverse experiences with a changing urban culture, Thrush also illustrates how London learned to be a global, imperial city and how Indigenous people were central to that process.


London Villages

London Villages

Author: Zena Alkayat

Publisher: Frances Lincoln

Published: 2022-05-03

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0711276226

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An intimate guide to the villages of London, filled with great ideas for days out which will delight tourists and locals alike.


This is London

This is London

Author: Ben Judah

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Published: 2016-01-28

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 1447274806

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This is London in the eyes of its beggars, bankers, coppers, gangsters, carers, witch-doctors and sex workers. This is London in the voices of Arabs, Afghans, Nigerians, Poles, Romanians and Russians. This is London as you've never seen it before. Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction 2016 Shortlisted for the Ryszard Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage 2019 'An eye-opening investigation into the hidden immigrant life of the city' Sunday Times 'Full of nuggets of unexpected information about the lives of others . . . It recalls the journalism of Orwell' Financial Times 'Ben Judah grabs hold of London and shakes out its secrets' The Economist


The Way to London

The Way to London

Author: Alix Rickloff

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2017-09-19

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 0062433210

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From the author of Secrets of Nanreath Hall comes this gripping, beautifully written historical fiction novel set during World War II—the unforgettable story of a young woman who must leave Singapore and forge a new life in England. On the eve of Pearl Harbor, impetuous and overindulged, Lucy Stanhope, the granddaughter of an earl, is living a life of pampered luxury in Singapore until one reckless act will change her life forever. Exiled to England to stay with an aunt she barely remembers, Lucy never dreamed that she would be one of the last people to escape Singapore before war engulfs the entire island, and that her parents would disappear in the devastating aftermath. Now grief stricken and all alone, she must cope with the realities of a grim, battle-weary England. Then she meets Bill, a young evacuee sent to the country to escape the Blitz, and in a moment of weakness, Lucy agrees to help him find his mother in London. The unlikely runaways take off on a seemingly simple journey across the country, but her world becomes even more complicated when she is reunited with an invalided soldier she knew in Singapore. Now Lucy will be forced to finally confront the choices she has made if she ever hopes to have the future she yearns for.


The London Activity Book

The London Activity Book

Author: Ellen Bailey

Publisher: Buster Books

Published: 2024-02-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781780559797

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A humorous, historical London-themed activity book, packed with amazing games, puzzles and colouring-in activities.