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The London Encyclopaedia (3rd Edition)

The London Encyclopaedia (3rd Edition)

by Ben WeinrebJohn Keay Julia Keay and others
Hardback
Publication Date: 15/08/2008

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'There is no one-volume book in print that carries so much valuable information on London and its history.' Illustrated London News

The London Encyclopaedia is the most comprehensive book on London ever published. In its first new edition in over ten years, completely revised and updated, it comprises some 6,000 entries, organised alphabetically, cross-referenced and supported by two large indexes - one for the 10,000 people mentioned in the text and one general - and is illustrated with over 500 drawings, prints and photographs. Everything that is important in the history and culture of the capital is documented, whether vanished or extant, from its first settlement to the present day.

'Written in very accessible prose with a range of memorable quotations and affectionate jokes...a monumental achievement written with real love.' Financial Times

'If I had my way this book would be in every cab in London.' London Cabbie News
ISBN:
9781405049245
9781405049245
Category:
Encyclopaedias & reference works
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
15-08-2008
Language:
English
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Edition:
3rd Edition
Pages:
1104
Dimensions (mm):
252x182x61mm
Weight:
2.3kg
John Keay

John Keay has been writing about Himalaya and traveling there since the 1960s. He wrote the two-volume Explorers of the Western Himalayas and wrote and presented a major BBC R3 documentary series on the Himalayan kingdom; other works include India: A History and China: A History.

He has contributed to about a dozen anthologies and multi-authored works on the region and written the text for several photographic studies. He reviews for the Literary Review and the TLS. The Royal Society for Asian Affairs awarded him its Sykes medal for his "literary contribution to Asian studies" in 2009. He has been a Royal Literary Fund fellow since 2010. Himalaya, his twenty-second book, will be the summation of a lifetime’s study. He lives in Scotland...

Christopher Hibbert

Christopher Hibbert is a well known and highly successful popular historian and biographer.

His other works include Charles I, George IV and Elizabeth I.

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