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London: A Travel Guide Through Time
London: A Travel Guide Through Time | Matthew Green
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Step back in time and discover the sights, sounds and smells of London through the ages in this enthralling journey into the capital's rich, teeming and occasionally hazardous past. 'London: A Travel Guide Through Time is easily the most engaging social history of the capital since the books of Liza Picard a decade ago.' - Londonist Let time traveller Dr Matthew Green be your guide to six extraordinary periods in London's history - the ages of Shakespeare, medieval city life, plague, coffee houses, the reign of Victoria and the Blitz. We'll turn back the clock to the time of Shakespeare and visit a savage bull and bear baiting arena on the Bankside. In medieval London, we'll circle the walls as the city lies barricaded under curfew, while spinning further forward in time we'll inhale the 'holy herb' in an early tobacco house, before peering into an open plague pit. In the 18th century, we'll navigate the streets in style with a ride on a sedan chair, and when we land in Victorian London, we'll take a tour of freak-show booths and meet the Elephant Man. You'll meet pornographers and traitors, actors and apothecaries, the mad, bad and dangerous to know, all desperate to show you the thrilling and vibrant history of the world's liveliest city.
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Libby1
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I‘m an American, but I actually live in the UK - in Northern Ireland. I used to live in England and fell in love with it. I absolutely fell in love with it. I‘ve never been homesick for the USA but have been heartsick and homesick for England.

ScrappyMags I so desperately want to travel there!! 💗💗💗 7y
Libby1 It IS wonderful, @ScrappyMags 💕 7y
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AmberBrock
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Loving this one! Gift from my equally history-obsessed brother. An immersive experience in six eras of London's history, from Chaucer's day to post WWII recovery.