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London: the biography
London: the biography
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Ackroyd, Peter
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From the Book - 1st [U.S.] ed.
From prehistory to 1066
The early Middle Ages
London contrasts
The late Medieval city
Onward and upward
Trading streets and trading parishes
A London neighbourhood
London as theatre
Pestilence and flame
After the Fire
Crime and punishment
Voracious London
London as crowd
The natural history of London
Night and day
London's radicals
Violent London
Black magic, white magic
A fever of building
London's rivers
Under the ground
Victorian megalopolis
London's outcasts
Women and children
Continuities
East and South
The center of empire
After the Great War
Blitz
Refashioning the city
Cockney visionaries.
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Subjects
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Description and travel
England -- London
History
London (England) -- Description and travel
London (England) -- Social life and customs
Manners and customs
Social life and customs
Travel
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Ackroyd, Peter
Author
Patterson, Nigel
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ISBN
9780385497701
9781705200810
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