Full name: Dickens's Victorian London: 1839-1901

Authors: Alex Werner, Tony Williams Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780091943738 0091943736

Over 200 stunning archive photographs, most of which have never been published before, illustrate this mesmerising guide to Victorian London seen through the eyes of Charles Dickens. Setting Dickens against the city that was the backdrop and inspiration for his work, it takes the reader on a memorable and haunting journey, discovering the places and subjects which stimulated his imagination. Here are captivating photographs of famous landmarks such as the Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square and Westminster Abbey, alongside coaching inns, the Thames before the Embankment was built, the construction of the Metropolitan Underground Line, the docklands that studded the river and the many villages that make up London today. Authoritatively written and beautifully illustrated, this book will appeal to anyone who loves this beguiling city and wants to explore it as it was in Dickens' day. Similar books: Old London Bridge by Patricia Pierce The Great Stink of London by Stephen Halliday London by Roy Porter London Under by Peter Ackroyd London in the Nineteenth Century by Jerry White London characters and crooks by Henry Mayhew London by Roger Hudson Lost London, 1870-1945 by Philip Davies Queer City by Peter Ackroyd Georgian London: Into the Streets by Lucy Inglis Victorian London by Liza Picard London by Peter Ackroyd Necropolis by Catharine Arnold Underground London by Stephen Smith Dead Wake by Erik Larson Dirty Old London by Lee Jackson The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll 102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer