H. V. Morton's London: Being The Heart Of London, The Spell Of London And The Nights Of London In One Volume
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 3rd ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Few writers have captured the soul of a city with the intimacy and affection that H. V. Morton brought to London — a metropolis teeming with hidden alleys, ancient customs, and the irrepressible energy of its people. This celebrated omnibus edition unites three of Morton's most beloved works — The Heart of London, The Spell of London, and The Nights of London — into a single, indispensable volume, presenting a panoramic portrait of the city through the eyes of its most devoted chronicler. Morton's London is not the London of grand monuments and official histories, but of street vendors, river men, market traders, and the countless ordinary souls who animate the city's extraordinary character. Morton's prose style — warm, observational, and richly atmospheric — belongs to the finest tradition of the literary sketch, drawing equally on journalism and belles-lettres to produce something wholly original. His writing chronicles a London now largely vanished, preserving the sights, sounds, and smells of the interwar city with the precision of a social historian and the lyricism of a poet. For anyone who loves London, or wishes to understand what made it one of the great living cities of the twentieth century, this omnibus volume remains an essential and deeply rewarding companion.
Author: H. V. Morton
Format: Hardback
Published: 1941, Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Genre: Travel & exploration
Edition: 3rd ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Few writers have captured the soul of a city with the intimacy and affection that H. V. Morton brought to London — a metropolis teeming with hidden alleys, ancient customs, and the irrepressible energy of its people. This celebrated omnibus edition unites three of Morton's most beloved works — The Heart of London, The Spell of London, and The Nights of London — into a single, indispensable volume, presenting a panoramic portrait of the city through the eyes of its most devoted chronicler. Morton's London is not the London of grand monuments and official histories, but of street vendors, river men, market traders, and the countless ordinary souls who animate the city's extraordinary character. Morton's prose style — warm, observational, and richly atmospheric — belongs to the finest tradition of the literary sketch, drawing equally on journalism and belles-lettres to produce something wholly original. His writing chronicles a London now largely vanished, preserving the sights, sounds, and smells of the interwar city with the precision of a social historian and the lyricism of a poet. For anyone who loves London, or wishes to understand what made it one of the great living cities of the twentieth century, this omnibus volume remains an essential and deeply rewarding companion.