ACKROYD, PETER — London - The Biography

Vintage Publishing 2001 848 p.,maps, ills ( (col. plates)., bibliogr,, i]extensive index HARDCOVER: (Orig. paperback / softback. GOOD copy) This exhaustive and minutely researched biography of the city of London,has been hailed by various critics as "the" book on the city. A vivid and anecdotal overview which takes from the time of the Druids to the turn of the millennium, includes chapters on the history of silence and the history of light, the history of childhood and the history of suicide, the history of Cockney speech and the history of drink.