A Travel Guide To... - Shakespeare's London

Cherese Cartlidge & Charles Clark

3.17

6 ratings by Goodreads

9781590181461: A Travel Guide To... - Shakespeare's London

ISBN 10: 1590181468 ISBN 13: 9781590181461

Publisher: Lucent Books, 2002

Shakespeare's London is a colorful and lively period travel guide that provides glimpses into the life of this great city at the time of Queen Elizabeth, four hundred years ago. Travelers wishing to visit London are provided information about travel tips, the best inns for lodging, great food in taverns or pubs, and guided tours of London's oldest and most historically significant architecture. Interspersed within the guide are recommendations for daily cultural and entertaining activities as well as day trips outside of the city.

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From School Library Journal:

Grade 6-10-An inventive format and lively writing distinguish this title from other recent books on Elizabethan England. The text is written in the present tense, as if it really is 1604, and readers are literally about to embark on a trip to London. The chapter headings mirror a contemporary travel guide-weather, shopping, sightseeing, lodging, etc., and the book is peppered with all sorts of fun facts that will definitely surprise students. "Travelers arriving in London must enter through one of the eight gates along the city wall before 8:00 P.M. when the curfew bell rings-." Other entertaining features include a coach schedule to London from other cities, a guide to dining etiquette ("When dining at a tavern, remember that most food is eaten with the fingers"), and praise for "modern conveniences" such as cobblestone streets and a public privy. Black-and-white photos, reproductions, or maps are found on nearly every page. Of course, some students may need to be reminded that the Globe Theatre was not actually "completed just five years ago," but this is a very enjoyable approach to history and definitely succeeds in transporting students to another place and time.
Ronni Krasnow, New York Public Library
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Review:

"In the format and tone of today's travel guides, the present-tense text is engaging and friendly. The plentiful photographs, reproductions, diagrams, and maps interspersed throughout are mostly black and white. A serviceable addition...for students."
-- School Library Journal (April 2003) (School Library Journal 20030401)

"This is an enjoyable approach to history and definitely succeeds in transporting students to another place and time."
-- School Library Journal (April 2003) (School Library Journal 20030401)

"This series is written in the style of a tourist's guidebook, each chapter dealing with a particular topic of interest to a tourist. Modern distances, temperature units, and other measurements are used, though to make the facts easier for students to understand. A lot of information is packed into this slim book's 112 pages. In fact, nearly every page of the book has an illustration or a sidebar. Recommended."
-- Library Media Connection (March 2003) (Library Media Connection 20030301)

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