Forgotten London: Exploring the Hidden Life of the City
Author:   Peter Ackroyd
Publisher:   Quarto Publishing PLC
ISBN:  

9780711287648


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   09 October 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Forgotten London: Exploring the Hidden Life of the City


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Author:   Peter Ackroyd
Publisher:   Quarto Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Frances Lincoln
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   1.100kg
ISBN:  

9780711287648


ISBN 10:   0711287643
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   09 October 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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TOC INTRODUCTION 1. 1837–1850 SMOKE , FILTH AND FOG 2. 1851–1900 LONDON ON THE MOVE 3. 1900–1914 SPLENDOUR AND UNREST 4. 1914–1931 WAR AND JAZZ 5. 1932–1939 ON THE PRECIPICE

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London has been the main character in the work of Peter Ackroyd ever since his first novel, The Great Fire of London. His Hawksmoor won the Whitbread and the Guardian Fiction Prize, Chatterton was shortlisted for the Booker, London: the Biography won the South Bank Show Annual Award for Literature. Reviewers commonly categorize him as the Dickens of our day.

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