Description
| Product ID: | 9781851499182 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | The London Series |
| Title: | London Peculiars |
| Subtitle: | A Guide to the City's Offbeat Places |
| Authors: | Author: Peter Ashley |
| Page Count: | 144 |
| Subjects: | Travel and holiday guides, Travel & holiday guides, London, Greater London |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Discover a London untouched by the mainstream travel guides, guaranteed to entertain tourists and residents alike. A peculiar can be defined as something that ''has eccentric or individual variations to the general or predicted pattern''. And, as it turns out, London is overflowing with them. This pocket-sized book will accompany you around the capital, guiding you from the tent-shaped tomb designed for Victorian explorer Sir Richard Burton by his widow, Isabel Arundel Gordon; to what may be the last surviving porter''s rest in London; to a stone niche by a long-demolished foundling hospital where almost 15, 000 infants were discarded over the course of the 18th century. Sometimes heroic, sometimes tragic, often amusing and always unexpected, these so-called ''peculiars'' bring colour to the fabric of London. Whether you are a lifelong resident or a visitor passing through, London Peculiars is guaranteed to lead you on an adventure.Also in the series:Vinyl London ISBN 9781788840156Rock ''n'' Roll London ISBN 9781788840163Art London ISBN 9781788840385 |
| Imprint Name: | ACC Art Books |
| Publisher Name: | ACC Art Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-05-20 |
