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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D. J. Taylor Publisher Comments Before the media circus of Britney, Paris, and our modern obsession with celebrity, there were the Bright Young People, a voraciously pleasure-seeking band of bohemian party-givers and blue-blooded socialites who romped through the gossip columns of... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover 
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London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd Publisher Comments In this entertaining and informative volume, a renowned biographer and critic takes on his grandest subject: London--one of the world's most vast and vital cities. in color. 2 maps.... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Italian Boy Italian Boy: A Tale of Murder and Body Snatching in 1830s London a Tale of Murder and Body Snatching in 1830s London by Sarah Wise Publisher Comments "A work of great skill and sympathy, a meditation on one of the sorrowful mysteries once to be found on the streets of London. For any student of the city and its secret life, it is indispensable reading." -Peter Ackroyd, The Times (London) Before... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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By Permission of Heaven: the Story of the Great Fire of London by Adrian Tinniswood Publisher Comments A magnificently told and thrilling account of one of the most dramatic events in British history. Adrian Tinniswood’s magnificent new account of the Great Fire of London explores the history of a cataclysm and its consequences, from that first... (read more) Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Great Fire of London: In That Apocalyptic Year, 1666 by Neil Hanson Publisher Comments 'Untold numbers perished; great buildings and ancient districts disappeared; knowledge acquired and stored over centuries was lost forever. The Great Fire of London accomplished what the Spanish Armada and the plague had failed to do–it reduced the... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Historic London: An Explorer's Companion by Stephen Inwood Publisher Comments There is hardly a city in the world with richer historical and cultural associations than London, whose history goes back thousands of years. It is a place that has been at or near the center of national life for 1,000 years and at the... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Londonistan by Melanie Phillips Publisher Comments When London was hit by suicide bombers in July 2005, the dirty little secret was finally out. Great Britain had been the European hub of Islamist extremism for more than a decade. Under the noses of British intelligence, a network of terrorists and their... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Day in London by Andre Fichte Publisher Comments A Day in London shows lifestyle, sightseeing and shopping in Europes trendiest metropolis. The Royal Guard, Piccadilly Circus, Notting Hill, Greenwich and Primrose Hill are just a few stations of the Book. Nothing can be missed in this lively city, and... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Book W/Audio Cd
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1700 Scenes From London Life by Maureen Waller Publisher Comments A portrait of London as it sat poised and hopeful on the verge of a new century whilst recovering from the ravages of fire, plague and revolution. 35-50 b/w illus.... (read more) Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Very Bloody History of London by John Farman Publisher Comments A follow-up title to "The Very Bloody History Of Britain", providing a unique, fact-packed history of one of the world's most famous capital cities. Readership level: 10+.... (read more) Your price: $5.95 Used - 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 $27.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - 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: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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Modern Library Chronicles #18: London: A History by A N Wilson Publisher Comments In its two thousand years of history, London has ruled a rainy island and a globe-spanning empire, it has endured plague and fire and bombing, it has nurtured and destroyed poets and kings, revolutionaries and financiers, geniuses and visionaries of... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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London a Travellers Companion by Peter Ackroyd Synopsis London has witnessed everything from pilgrimages, celebrations, acts of heroism and moments of religious contemplation to riots, executions, grisly murders and disastrous fires. This text gives a ringside view to the past and an experience of the... (read more) Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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London: An Illustrated History (Illustrated Histories) by Nicholas Awde Publisher Comments The largest and wealthiest city in the United Kingdom, modern London is a vast, sprawling metropolis with a population of millions. A center of culture and industry where Shakespeare, Dickens and Churchill shaped their destinies, London's history is, in... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.98 Sale - 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 $19.99 Your price: $6.98 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: $11.25 Used - Hardcover
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Thieves Opera by Lucy Moore Publisher Comments Georgian London was a city of extraordinary contrast: its elegance and refinement thrived amid appalling filth and foul smells, decadence and depravity. Crime was everywhere, from pickpockets and prostitutes to murderous highwaymen, as London bulged with... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Philanthropy and the Hospitals of London: The King's Fund, 1897-1990 by Frank Prochaska Publisher Comments The King's Fund was the leading charitable institution for the support of the voluntary hospitals of London in the period before the creation of the National Health Service and today continues to seek to improve health care and management. Prochaska's... (read more) List Price $203.25 Your price: $14.50 Used - Hardcover
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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 $86.95 Your price: $20.97 Sale - Hardcover
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