Gillian Tindall

Broschiertes Buch

The House By The Thames

And The People Who Lived There

Beschreibung

they have seen the countrified lanes of Londonâ s marshy south bank give way to a network of wharves, workshops and tenements â and then seen these, too, become dust and empty air. Rich with anecdote and colour, this fascinating book breathes life into the forgotten inhabitants of the house â the prosperous traders;

Autor

Gillian Tindall is a master of miniaturist history, well known for the quality of her writing and the scrupulousness of her research; she makes a handful of people, a few locations or a dramatic event stand for the much larger picture, as her seminal book The Fields Beneath, approached the history of Kentish Town, London. She has also written on London's Southbank (The House by the Thames), on southern English counties (Three Houses, Many Lives), and the Left Bank (Footprints in Paris), amongst other locations, as well as biography and prize-winning novels. Her latest book, The Tunnel through Time, traced the history of the Crossrail route, the forthcoming 'Elizabeth' line. She has lived in the same London house for over fifty years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 218g
• ISBN-13: 9781844130948
• ISBN-10: 1844130940
• Artikelnr.: 21855805