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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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Oh boy, where to start. This book was one of the best I’ve read this year and I’ve read many good books in 2017. The atmosphere was perfect for each time travel. After walking around last week in 21st century London, I found so many of the houses and streets described in this book. It gives a whole new perspective who one walks through London, at least for me. From the gruesome curfew in medieval London, to Shakespeare‘s times and the devil year 1666 to the Hannover and Victorian Times and lastly the late 50s of the last century. London was in constant change and it still is. The city fascinates me and I really wish that there was an audiobook so that I could walk around the streets he mentions in his walks and walk where he walks. I guess I have to make one myself
Description
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.
Book Information
Posts
Oh boy, where to start. This book was one of the best I’ve read this year and I’ve read many good books in 2017. The atmosphere was perfect for each time travel. After walking around last week in 21st century London, I found so many of the houses and streets described in this book. It gives a whole new perspective who one walks through London, at least for me. From the gruesome curfew in medieval London, to Shakespeare‘s times and the devil year 1666 to the Hannover and Victorian Times and lastly the late 50s of the last century. London was in constant change and it still is. The city fascinates me and I really wish that there was an audiobook so that I could walk around the streets he mentions in his walks and walk where he walks. I guess I have to make one myself