London's 100 Strangest Places - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook London's 100 Strangest Places write by David Long. This book was released on 2011-11-30. London's 100 Strangest Places available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tunnels, Towers & Temples takes a sideways look at London, revealing the hidden stories, curious histories and sometimes comic assocations behind dozens of often quite familiar places. Through their stories, the author reveals a strange side of London most people never come to know, even though they walk its streets every day and take much of what they see entirely for granted. Typical examples include extensive networks of tunnels running beneath high street pavements, secret transport and signalling networks crisscrossing the capital, genuine oddities such as streetlamps powered by sewer gas, a street where you can legally drive on the right, a future Russian Tsar working incognito in a British naval dockyard, even a Nazi memorial sited among the real heroes and adventurers of the British Empire. This companion to Spectacular Vernacular: London's 100 Most Extraordinary Buildings is the best possible start for anyone who wishes to get off the beaten track and under the skin of the hidden city that is modern-day London.
London's 100 Most Extraordinary Buildings
London's 100 Most Extraordinary Buildings - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook London's 100 Most Extraordinary Buildings write by David Long. This book was released on 2011-11-30. London's 100 Most Extraordinary Buildings available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Delve into London's architectural curiositites and discover the unexpected gems waiting around every corner. London is full of extraordinary, enigmatic and, above all, unexpected buildings: a pirate castle in Camden, an art gallery made of shipping containers, underground ghost stations, and much more. Here David Long reveals the very best of the capital's extraordinary buildings, some of which are passed by every day, hidden in plain sight.
London's Secret Square Mile
London's Secret Square Mile - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook London's Secret Square Mile write by David Long. This book was released on 2011-11-30. London's Secret Square Mile available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The streetscape of London’s historic square mile has been evolving for centuries, but the City’s busy commercial heart still boasts an extensive network of narrow passages and alleyways, secret squares and half-hidden courtyards. Using his wealth of local knowledge, historian David Long guides you through these ancient rights of passage – many dating back to medieval times or earlier – their evocative names recalling old taverns, notable individuals and City traditions. Hidden behind the glass, steel and stone of London’s banks and big business, these survivors of modern development bear witness to nearly 2,000 years of British history.
London Murders
London Murders - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook London Murders write by David Long. This book was released on 2020-08-05. London Murders available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. People love hearing about a grisly murder; gasping at the gory details, wondering about the motives, deducing who did it. This macabre fascination is nothing new. In the past racehorses, greyhounds and even a ship have been named after some of the most notorious murderers, and it doesn't look like our interest is waning any time soon. London Murders is a unique guidebook that explores the darker side of London's history, pinpointing the exact locations of the bloodiest, most intriguing and sinister murders. It describes in detail the events, the characters involved and the eventual fates of the perpetrators, which include playwrights and politicians, celebrities and spies, royalty, aristocrats and, of course, countless ordinary Joes. Featuring infamous names such as Crippen, Kray, Haigh, Christie and Ellis, whose terrible crimes shocked the world, London Murders matches crimes to locations as David Long walks the reader through the city's streets, whilst revealing their tragic and awful histories.
Beyond the Gatehouse
Beyond the Gatehouse - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beyond the Gatehouse write by David Long. This book was released on 2011-11-30. Beyond the Gatehouse available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Beyond the Gatehouse is a lighthearted, witty but factual biographical account of the eccentric lifestyles of the builders and residents of some of England's best-known country houses. Extraordinary buildings require extraordinary people, and over the centuries our historic houses have produced more than their fair share of oddballs. Insulated from the outside world by vast wealth, rolling acres and the social status that a title implies, aristocrats have always been able to amuse themselves – and now us – by pursuing their idiosyncratic interests and manias to the point of eccentricity. David Long lifts the lid on all that's bizarre, implausible, unthinkable and delightfully wacky about our glorious heritage homes and their unusual occupants.
