Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
Untertitel:
and the People Who Lived There
Herausgeber:
Random House UK
Erscheinungsdatum:
25.01.2007
Informationen zum Autor Gillian Tindall is a master of miniaturist history, well known for the quality of her writing and the scrupulousness of her research; she makes a handful of people, a few locations or a dramatic event stand for the much larger picture, as her seminal book The Fields Beneath , approached the history of Kentish Town, London. She has also written on London's Southbank ( The House by the Thames ), on southern English counties ( Three Houses, Many Lives ), and the Left Bank ( Footprints in Paris ), amongst other locations, as well as biography and prize-winning novels. Her latest book, The Tunnel through Time , traced the history of the Crossrail route, the forthcoming `Elizabeth line. She has lived in the same London house for over fifty years. Klappentext A masterpiece of miniaturist, social history. By closely examining the history of one house, Gillian Tindall tells the story of Southwark and the south bank, the river Thames and indeed of London itself. Zusammenfassung they have seen the countrified lanes of Londonâ™s marshy south bank give way to a network of wharves, workshops and tenements â and then seen these, too, become dust and empty air. Rich with anecdote and colour, this fascinating book breathes life into the forgotten inhabitants of the house â the prosperous traders;
Vorwort
A masterpiece of miniaturist, social history. By closely examining the history of one house, Gillian Tindall tells the story of Southwark and the south bank, the river Thames and indeed of London itself.
Autorentext
Gillian Tindall is a master of miniaturist history, well known for the quality of her writing and the scrupulousness of her research; she makes a handful of people, a few locations or a dramatic event stand for the much larger picture, as her seminal book The Fields Beneath, approached the history of Kentish Town, London. She has also written on London's Southbank (The House by the Thames), on southern English counties (Three Houses, Many Lives), and the Left Bank (Footprints in Paris), amongst other locations, as well as biography and prize-winning novels. Her latest book, The Tunnel through Time, traced the history of the Crossrail route, the forthcoming `Elizabeth line. She has lived in the same London house for over fifty years.
Zusammenfassung
they have seen the countrified lanes of Londonâ™s marshy south bank give way to a network of wharves, workshops and tenements â and then seen these, too, become dust and empty air. Rich with anecdote and colour, this fascinating book breathes life into the forgotten inhabitants of the house â the prosperous traders;
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