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LONDON CURIOSITIES
THE CAPITAL'S ODD & OBSCURE, WEIRD AND WONDERFUL PLACES |
| By: |
John Wade |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1473879116 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781473879119 |
| Publisher: |
PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
3 April, 2017 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
Story of monuments and memorials in london with lost meanings |
| Synopsis: |
London is full of curiosities. Who knew that beneath the Albert Memorial lies an undercroft resembling a church crypt? Or that there are catacombs under Camden? Who would expect to find a lighthouse in East London, sphinxes in South London, dummy houses in West London, or a huge bust of film director Alfred Hitchcock in North London? How many of those who walk past Cleopatra's Needle pause to consider why a 3,000-year-old Egyptian monument stands beside the Thames? How many know that what was once London's smallest police station can be seen in Trafalgar Square? Or that pineapples are used in the architectural design of so many buildings? Or why there are memorials to the 'Mayflower' and Pilgrim Fathers in Rotherhithe? These are just a few of the facets explored, described and illustrated here for anyone in search of the oddly obscure, wonderfully weird and surprisingly strange in this capital of curiosities. |
| Illustrations: |
150 black and white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Pen & Sword History |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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