Sherlock Holmes - Hardcover

Werner, Alex Compiler.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0091958725 ISBN 13: 9780091958725

Publisher: Ebury Press, 2014

Synopsis

Using the museum's unrivalled collections of photographs, paintings and original artefacts, this book illuminates the capital city that inspired the Sherlock Holmes stories, in particular its fogs, Hansom cabs, criminal underworld, famous landmarks and streets.

About this title

About the Author:

THE MUSEUM OF LONDON opened in 1976. It tells the ever-changing story of the greatest city in the world - and the people who live there. Its galleries chart a journey through London from earliest times to the present. Its ever-changing programme of exhibitions and events and its collections give you a sense of the vibrancy that makes London such an exciting and special place it is today. ALEX WERNER, Head of History Collections at the Museum of London, has curated a number of major displays including Dickens and London (2011-12), the Expanding City gallery (2010) and London Bodies (1998). His publications include Dickens's Victorian London (2011), Jack the Ripper and The East End (2008), Journeys Through Victorian London (2001) and Dockland Life (2000).

About this edition

• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0091958725
• ISBN 13: 9780091958725
• Binding: Hardcover