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London: A Travel Guide Through Time

Step back in time and discover the sights, sounds and smells of London through the ages in this enthralling journey into the capital`s rich, teeming and occasionally hazardous past. `London: A Travel Guide Through Time is easily the most engaging social history of the capital since the books of Liza Picard a decade ago.` – Londonist Let time traveller Dr Matthew Green be your guide to six extraordinary periods in London`s history – the ages of Shakespeare, medieval city life, plague, coffee houses, the reign of Victoria and the Blitz. We`ll turn back the clock to the time of Shakespeare and visit a savage bull and bear baiting arena on the Bankside. In medieval London, we`ll circle the walls as the city lies barricaded under curfew, while spinning further forward in time we`ll inhale the `holy herb` in an early tobacco house, before peering into an open plague pit. In the 18th century, we`ll navigate the streets in style with a ride on a sedan chair, and when we land in Victorian London, we`ll take a tour of freak-show booths and meet the Elephant Man.You`ll meet pornographers and traitors, actors and apothecaries, the mad, bad and dangerous to know, all desperate to show you the thrilling and vibrant history of the world`s liveliest city.

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