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Let time traveler 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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Dr. Matthew Green is an historian and broadcaster, with a PhD in the history of London from Oxford University. He writes historical features for the Telegraph and Guardian, appears in documentaries on the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, and gives talks all over London. He is the co-founder of Unreal City Audio, which produces immersive, critically acclaimed tours of London as live events, audio downloads and apps. He is passionate about bringing history to life not only through writing but with tours, talks, TV and radio.
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"Matthew Green's time travelling vehicle's headlights focus on fascinating details, time after time, as it swoops around London. A must for anyone interested in London's history. His research can't be faulted." —Liza Picard, author, Elizabeth's London and Restoration London
"It's a sizeable tome, yet written with such a storyteller's flare that the pages whizz by like a hover-converted Delorean . . . 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." —Matt Brown, Londonist
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- PublisherMichael Joseph
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 0718179765
- ISBN 13 9780718179762
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages512
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