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London, A Very Peculiar History电子书

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作       者:Pipe, Jim

出  版  社:Andrews UK

出版时间:2012-01-17

字       数:187.2万

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Charting the quirky past of one of the most important cities in the world, 'London, A Very Peculiar History' will challenge what you thought you knew about this great capital and blow your mind with things you most certainly didn't. From Roman roads to the congestion charge, this title takes a whistlestop tour of iconic London landmarks and eras, whilst poking its head round the corner of the back alleys to see what's really been going on behind the scenes. Alongside the Top Ten Tourist Attractions you'll find curious recipes for cockney food (such as jellied 'iwz'), descriptions of London's 'lost buildings', and lists of royal residences, famous markets and classic film scenes featuring London landmarks. With humourous cartoon-style illustrations and amusing captions and speech bubbles, 'London: A Very Peculiar History' tells the untold tale of Britain's greatest tourist attraction, busiest commercial district and home to the Royals.
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Cover

Front Matter

Title Page

Publisher Information

Dedication

London

Quotes

Introduction: What Makes London Special?

Curious place names

Unlikely Londoners

London’s ‘villages’

Ten London firsts

CHAPTER ONE: From Prehistory to the Early Middle Ages

Top 10 prehistoric Londoners

Swamp dwellers

Swamp dwellers

Lost rivers

Welcome to Londinium

London Bridge lore

London Bridge is falling – under the hammer!

Some unusual church names

Anglo-Saxon London

The stormin’ Normans

Legends of the Tower

CHAPTER TWO: Growing pains

Famous chimes

My Lord Mayor

Shepherd’s delight

The Big Stink

The Peasants’ Revolt

Legal London

Troubled times

Royal residences

A grisly end

Pestilence and Fire

Disaster zone!

A new start?

Curious customs & traditions

CHAPTER THREE: In Full Swing

Where to, guv?

Coffee and chat

Coffee houses

The flip side of success

Riots, rebellions and sieges

Bobbies, coppers or rozzers?

London rogues

The height of fashion

Nelson’s Column

Historic shops

Victorian London

The workshop of the world

Someone’s got to do it...

Wives going cheap

Bizarre pub names

Jack the Ripper

Haunted London

CHAPTER FOUR: A Changing World

Out with the old

Young Hot-Bloods

The ‘War to End All Wars’

London in song

Speakers’ Corner

The Blitz

Buried London

Postwar London

London immortalised

Seven deadly deeds

CHAPTER FIVE: London is dead, Long Live London!

London on the silver screen

Gambling and gangsters

Down in the dumps

Modern times

London today

Urban myths

London nosh

Seven London icons

Ten things you didn’t know about London’s landmarks

Ten alternative days out

Wild about the city?

Rhyming slang and Estuary English

Timeline of London History

Glossary

End matter

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