London's Labyrinth (eBook)

The World Beneath the City's Streets

Fiona Rule (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019 | 1. Auflage
240 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9033-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Do you know what's under your feet? The London Underground was the very first underground railway - but it wasn't the first time Londoners had ventured below ground, nor would it be the last. People seem to be drawn to subterranean London: it hides unsightly (yet magnificent) sewers, protects its people from war, and hosts its politicians in times of crisis. But the underground can also be an underworld, and celebrated London historian Fiona Rule has tracked down the darker stories too - from the gangs that roamed below looking for easy prey, to an attempted murder-suicide on the platform of Charing Cross. Underneath London is another world; one with shadows of war, crime and triumph. London's Labyrinth is a book that no London aficionado should be without.

FIONA RULE is a writer, researcher and historian. A regular contributor to television and radio programmes, Fiona also has her own company, House Histories, which specialises in researching the history of people's homes. She holds an Advanced Diploma in Local History from the University of Oxford.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.1.2019
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Schlagworte: Charing Cross • Crime • district line • London Underground • metropolitan line • subterranean london • the world beneath the city's streets • Victorian London • victorian london, metropolitan line, district line, charing cross, william frost, london underground • victorian london, metropolitan line, district line, charing cross, william frost, london underground, subterranean london, the world beneath the city's streets, war, crime • victorian london, metropolitan line, district line, charing cross, william frost, london underground, The World Beneath the City's Streets, london history, history of london • war • william frost
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9033-3 / 0750990333
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9033-2 / 9780750990332