London City-lit
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Author: Heather Reyes
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 250
London is the world's most happening, most exciting and most diverse city. From Roman stronghold and capital of the British Empire to financial powerhouse and city of the 2012 Olympics, London has always looked to the past and the future. No one reflects this complexity better than London's writers, whether home-grown, adopted or simply visiting. city-lit London offers us the best ever writing on this amazing city with over sixty dazzling writers. Join them as . Will Self gets inside the head of a London cabby . Jan Morris flies in to Heathrow . Monica Ali smells the curry on Brick Lane . Alan Bennett gives us a ride in the Queen's carriage . Xiaolu Guo enjoys a greasy spoon cafe in Hackney . Helen Simpson takes us for a stroll on Hampstead Heath . Beryl Bainbridge attends Dr Johnson's funeral in Westminster Abbey . Virginia Woolf goes shopping in Oxford Street . Dostoyevsky strolls down the Haymarket ... Includes special introduction by Peter Watts, Big Smoke Editor of Time Out. 'For those visitors to London who seek to do more than bag Big Ben and Buckingham Palace this is the ideal guide, a collection of writings that expose not only the city's secret places but its very soul. The topography, culture and unquenchable spirit of this extraordinary city are brought sparklingly to life by some the finest writers imaginable, past and present' - Clare Clark, bestselling author of The Great Stink 'Brings London to life past and present in a way no conventional guide book could ever achieve' - Tarquin Hall, bestselling author of Salaam Brick Lane
Author: Heather Reyes
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 250
London is the world's most happening, most exciting and most diverse city. From Roman stronghold and capital of the British Empire to financial powerhouse and city of the 2012 Olympics, London has always looked to the past and the future. No one reflects this complexity better than London's writers, whether home-grown, adopted or simply visiting. city-lit London offers us the best ever writing on this amazing city with over sixty dazzling writers. Join them as . Will Self gets inside the head of a London cabby . Jan Morris flies in to Heathrow . Monica Ali smells the curry on Brick Lane . Alan Bennett gives us a ride in the Queen's carriage . Xiaolu Guo enjoys a greasy spoon cafe in Hackney . Helen Simpson takes us for a stroll on Hampstead Heath . Beryl Bainbridge attends Dr Johnson's funeral in Westminster Abbey . Virginia Woolf goes shopping in Oxford Street . Dostoyevsky strolls down the Haymarket ... Includes special introduction by Peter Watts, Big Smoke Editor of Time Out. 'For those visitors to London who seek to do more than bag Big Ben and Buckingham Palace this is the ideal guide, a collection of writings that expose not only the city's secret places but its very soul. The topography, culture and unquenchable spirit of this extraordinary city are brought sparklingly to life by some the finest writers imaginable, past and present' - Clare Clark, bestselling author of The Great Stink 'Brings London to life past and present in a way no conventional guide book could ever achieve' - Tarquin Hall, bestselling author of Salaam Brick Lane
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Heather Reyes
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 250
London is the world's most happening, most exciting and most diverse city. From Roman stronghold and capital of the British Empire to financial powerhouse and city of the 2012 Olympics, London has always looked to the past and the future. No one reflects this complexity better than London's writers, whether home-grown, adopted or simply visiting. city-lit London offers us the best ever writing on this amazing city with over sixty dazzling writers. Join them as . Will Self gets inside the head of a London cabby . Jan Morris flies in to Heathrow . Monica Ali smells the curry on Brick Lane . Alan Bennett gives us a ride in the Queen's carriage . Xiaolu Guo enjoys a greasy spoon cafe in Hackney . Helen Simpson takes us for a stroll on Hampstead Heath . Beryl Bainbridge attends Dr Johnson's funeral in Westminster Abbey . Virginia Woolf goes shopping in Oxford Street . Dostoyevsky strolls down the Haymarket ... Includes special introduction by Peter Watts, Big Smoke Editor of Time Out. 'For those visitors to London who seek to do more than bag Big Ben and Buckingham Palace this is the ideal guide, a collection of writings that expose not only the city's secret places but its very soul. The topography, culture and unquenchable spirit of this extraordinary city are brought sparklingly to life by some the finest writers imaginable, past and present' - Clare Clark, bestselling author of The Great Stink 'Brings London to life past and present in a way no conventional guide book could ever achieve' - Tarquin Hall, bestselling author of Salaam Brick Lane
Author: Heather Reyes
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 250
London is the world's most happening, most exciting and most diverse city. From Roman stronghold and capital of the British Empire to financial powerhouse and city of the 2012 Olympics, London has always looked to the past and the future. No one reflects this complexity better than London's writers, whether home-grown, adopted or simply visiting. city-lit London offers us the best ever writing on this amazing city with over sixty dazzling writers. Join them as . Will Self gets inside the head of a London cabby . Jan Morris flies in to Heathrow . Monica Ali smells the curry on Brick Lane . Alan Bennett gives us a ride in the Queen's carriage . Xiaolu Guo enjoys a greasy spoon cafe in Hackney . Helen Simpson takes us for a stroll on Hampstead Heath . Beryl Bainbridge attends Dr Johnson's funeral in Westminster Abbey . Virginia Woolf goes shopping in Oxford Street . Dostoyevsky strolls down the Haymarket ... Includes special introduction by Peter Watts, Big Smoke Editor of Time Out. 'For those visitors to London who seek to do more than bag Big Ben and Buckingham Palace this is the ideal guide, a collection of writings that expose not only the city's secret places but its very soul. The topography, culture and unquenchable spirit of this extraordinary city are brought sparklingly to life by some the finest writers imaginable, past and present' - Clare Clark, bestselling author of The Great Stink 'Brings London to life past and present in a way no conventional guide book could ever achieve' - Tarquin Hall, bestselling author of Salaam Brick Lane
London City-lit
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