London
Martin, Claudia2016
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Explore the rich history of London! Find out about when the Romans settled Londinium in AD48, Saxon Lundenwic, William Conqueror and the Tower of London, medieval trade and the Black Death, Tudor Londoners and how they found entertainment from festivals and alehouses to theatres and football, how the Great Fire changed London, the Bow Street Runners and Henry Fielding, Robert Peel and the police force, Joseph Bazalgette and the sewers of London after the Great Stink; how the opening of the Tube expanded London; the Blitz and the rebuilding; the arrival of the Windrush from Jamaica making London even more multicultural and how London is still changing today with everyone wanting to see London's famous landmarks from St Paul's to the London Eye and Buckingham Palace.
Main title:
London / Claudia Martin.
Author:
Martin, Claudia, author
Imprint:
London : Wayland, 2016.
Collation:
29 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 28 cm.
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Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780750297691 (hbk)
Dewey class:
942.1941.1
Language:
English
BRN:
1119912
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