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Walking Literary London


Free Download Walking Literary London by Stephen Browning
English | March 23, 2023 | ISBN: 1399096877 | 184 pages | MOBI | 62 Mb
"Meant for travelers and general readers, this book belongs to adventurers of all sorts, whether on the road or in their minds." – Library Journal

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Death Lines Walking London’s Horror History


Free Download Death Lines: Walking London’s Horror History by Lauren Jane Barnett
English | May 9, 2023 | ISBN: 1913689387 | True EPUB | 280 pages | 2.5 MB
The first walking guide to London’s role in the evolution of horror cinema, inspired by the city’s dark histories and labyrinthine architectures.

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London in the Time of Dickens [TTC Audio]


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English | November 03, 2023 | ASIN: B0CLYWNMVQ | M4B@64 kbps | 6h 12m | 178 MB
Lecturer: Lillian Nayder
By the start of the Victorian era, London was home to nearly 2 million people, a number that expanded to more than 6 million by 1901, the year of Queen Victoria’s death. This immense growth made the city an astonishing study in the varieties of human experience-the perfect place for a novelist to find his voice. Charles Dickens did just that in the 1830s.
Born in 1812, Dickens spent most of his life in a rapidly expanding London. As perhaps the most lauded of Victorian writers and a perennial classroom favorite, Dickens gives us a window into the past. His fiction and journalism capture the complexities of Victorian life, while continuing to resonate with meaning today.

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The Rough Guide to Walks in & Around London


Free Download The Rough Guide to Walks in & Around London by Rough Guides
English | September 19, 2023 | ISBN: 1839058498 | 264 pages | MOBI | 70 Mb
his practical travel guide to Walks in and Around London features detailed factual travel tips and points-of-interest structured lists of all iconic must-see sights as well as some off-the-beaten-track treasures. Our itinerary suggestions and expert author picks of things to see and do will make it a perfect companion, both ahead of your trip and on the ground. This Walks in and Around London guide book is packed full of details on how to get there and around, pre-departure information and top time-saving tips, including a visual list of things not to miss. Our colour-coded maps make Walks in and Around London easier to navigate while you’re there. This guide book to London contains 46 walks in this new edition and 5 of them are completely new walks. It has been fully updated post-COVID-19 and comes with a free eBook.

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The Rough Guide to Walks in & Around London


Free Download The Rough Guide to Walks in & Around London by Rough Guides
English | September 19, 2023 | ISBN: 1839058498 | 264 pages | MOBI | 70 Mb
his practical travel guide to Walks in and Around London features detailed factual travel tips and points-of-interest structured lists of all iconic must-see sights as well as some off-the-beaten-track treasures. Our itinerary suggestions and expert author picks of things to see and do will make it a perfect companion, both ahead of your trip and on the ground. This Walks in and Around London guide book is packed full of details on how to get there and around, pre-departure information and top time-saving tips, including a visual list of things not to miss. Our colour-coded maps make Walks in and Around London easier to navigate while you’re there. This guide book to London contains 46 walks in this new edition and 5 of them are completely new walks. It has been fully updated post-COVID-19 and comes with a free eBook.

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London, A Fourteenth-Century City and its People


Free Download London, A Fourteenth-Century City and its People by Kathryn Warner
English | August 1, 2022 | ISBN: 1526776375 | 224 pages | MOBI | 5.22 Mb
For the medieval period that was witness to a legion of political and natural disasters, the rise and fall of empires across the globe and one of the most devastating and greatest pandemics human kind has ever experienced, the fourteenth century was transformative.

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