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London Pubs by David Brandon Synopsis Pubs and other drinking establishments have always played a central role in London life - consequently London's diverse and fascinating history is reflected in them. Did you know that London boasts a pub licensed to sell stamps? Or that there is another... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $15.95 Sale - Trade Paper 
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London Rising: The Men Who Made Modern London by Leo Hollis Publisher Comments Like a phoenix from the ashes of the Great Fire of 1666, London was reborn to become the greatest metropolis of the age. London Rising tells the story of five extraordinary men and the city they transformed. By the middle of the seventeenth century... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $9.75 Used - Hardcover
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London in the Age of Chaucer by A R Myers Publisher Comments Fourteenth-century London was noisy, dirty, and disorderly, but also prosperous, proud of itself, and full of life not yet dispersed to distant suburbs. It was described in 1326 as a "mirror to all England," and indeed it was. Trade was... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets by Peter Ackroyd Publisher Comments London Under is a wonderful, atmospheric, imaginative, oozing short study of everything that goes on under London, from original springs and streams and Roman amphitheaters to Victorian sewers, gang hideouts, and modern tube stations. The depths... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870 by Liza Picard Publisher Comments For readers who enjoy their history told with a sense of gusto, verve, and a keen eye for detail, Liza Picard brings Victorian London to fruitful life. With her trademark wit and passionate interest in the quirky realities of... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Longest Night: The Bombing of London on May 10, 1941 by Gavin Mortimer Publisher Comments Drawing upon eyewitness accounts, Mortimer delivers the first in-depth account of the World War II air raid--London, May 10, 1941--that almost defeated England.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.98 Used - Trade Paper
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London: The Wicked City: A Thousand Years of Vice in the Capital by Fergus Linnane Publisher Comments London has a long history as a vibrant sexual marketplace with a staggering array of wares on offer and this book takes us on a tour of the city's colorful past where all desires were fulfilled. There were brothels with classical paintings and fine... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D J Taylor Publisher Comments The modern obsession with celebrity began with the Bright Young People, a voraciously pleasure-seeking band of bohemian party-givers and blue-blooded socialites who romped through the gossip columns of 1920s London. Drawing on the virtuosic and often... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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London: A Cultural History (Cityscapes) by Richard Tames Publisher Comments Richard Tames describes how London has been chronicled, described, celebrated, named, and mapped over the twenty centuries of its existence to become a city treasured even by those who have never set foot in it as a byword for innovation and diversity... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $3.75 Sale - Trade Paper
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Book of Lists London by Nick Rennison Publisher Comments A selection of 180 lists that will amaze, amuse and inform both the tourist and the native alike. Chapters cover London's past and present; buildings and streets; famous and unexpected Londoners; the arts, literature and crime, as well as various other... (read more) Your price: $5.75 Used - Hardcover
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Lost London 1870 1945 by Philip Davies Your price: $29.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Italian Boy a Tale of Murder & Body Snat by Sarah Wise Your price: $4.95 Used - Book Club Paperback
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London Rising: The Men Who Made Modern London by Leo Hollis List Price $5.99 Your price: $5.77 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Westminster Abbey Its Memories & Its M by Mary Sturgeon Your price: $13.00 Used - Hardcover
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Mad Mary Lamb Lunacy & Murder in Literar by Susan Hitchcock Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Taxi Drivers London by Maxwell Reven Green Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Dr Johnsons House During the War 1939 19 by Phyllis Rowell Your price: $3.48 Used - Pamphlet
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Necropolis London & Its Dead by Catharine Arnold Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Illustrated Guide to London 1800 by Mary Cathcart Borer Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Boswells London Journal 1762 1763 1st Edition by Frederick Pottle Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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