Stephen Inwood has written a compelling and comprehensive history of this incredibly unique and complicated city, from the fires and plundering of latterday Londinium to the frenetic art, music and politics of London's last 30 years. This is the updated paperback edition. 'Inwood's book has it all, so much so that, coming to the end, the reader wants to start over again.' Sunday Times 'An utterly winning work, erudite yet entertaining... This is a wonderful book.' Financial Times 'Inwood proves himself a heroic reader, ...
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Stephen Inwood has written a compelling and comprehensive history of this incredibly unique and complicated city, from the fires and plundering of latterday Londinium to the frenetic art, music and politics of London's last 30 years. This is the updated paperback edition. 'Inwood's book has it all, so much so that, coming to the end, the reader wants to start over again.' Sunday Times 'An utterly winning work, erudite yet entertaining... This is a wonderful book.' Financial Times 'Inwood proves himself a heroic reader, absorbing and filtering all that is to be known about a city for which he has a genuine and abiding affection.' Daily Telegraph 'As sprawling and richly textured as London itself.' Independent
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Edition:
First UK paperback edition-first printing
Publisher:
MacMillan
Published:
1998
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
13613824730
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Near fine. Near fine condition. Macmillan, 1998. First UK paperback edition-first printing (9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Large format paperback(small nicks and scratch on the edges of the cover and spine) in near fine condition. Illustrated with b/w photos, drawings, maps. Nice and clean pages with a small ink mark and slightly yellow on the outer edges, small creases and nicks on the edges of the pages. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear.1127pp including List of illustrations, foreword by Roy Porter, author's note, notes, bibliography, index. Heavy book(approx 1.6 Kg).
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