Description
| Product ID: | 9783740807528 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | DE |
| Series: | 111 Places |
| Title: | 111 Places in London's East End That You Shouldn't Miss |
| Authors: | Author: Ed Glinert |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Travel and holiday guides, Travel & holiday guides, London, Greater London |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Ed Glinert trawls through the strange stories, the crazed characters, the violent vignettes, the dried-up docks, the imaginative immigrants, the proud philanthropists to give a different history of the most misunderstood sector of the capital. Mediaeval no-go zone, Victorian hell-hole, war-ravaged bomb site, 21st century shining city, the most exciting area in one of the most exciting cities in the world - the East End has often been London''s strange alter ego. Ed Glinert trawls through the strange stories, the crazed characters, the violent vignettes, the dried-up docks, the imaginative immigrants, the proud philanthropists to give a different history of the most misunderstood sector of the capital, from the Princes in the Tower to the Ratcliffe Highway murders; from Jack the Ripper to the Kray twins; the Jewish ghetto to Banglatown; Cable Street to Canary Wharf; Mahatma Gandhi to George Orwell. |
| Imprint Name: | Emons Verlag GmbH |
| Publisher Name: | Emons Verlag GmbH |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-02-17 |
