London under : the secret history beneath the streets / Peter Ackroyd.
2011
DA689.U5 A25 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
London under : the secret history beneath the streets / Peter Ackroyd.
Author
Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-
Edition
1st United States ed.
ISBN
9780385531504 (alk. paper)
0385531508 (alk. paper)
0385531508 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
New York : Nan A. Talese, c2011.
Language
English
Description
228 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Call Number
DA689.U5 A25 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
914.2104/86
Summary
A short study of everything that goes on under London--from original springs and streams and Roman amphitheaters to Victorian sewers, gang hideouts, and modern tube stations.
Note
"Originally published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-209) and index.
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Table of Contents
Darkness visible
Rising up
Holy water
Forgotten streams
Old man river
The heart of darkness
The pipes of London
The mole men
The deep lines
Far under ground
Buried secrets
The war below
Deep fantasies.
Rising up
Holy water
Forgotten streams
Old man river
The heart of darkness
The pipes of London
The mole men
The deep lines
Far under ground
Buried secrets
The war below
Deep fantasies.