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London: The Biography

London: The Biography

Peter Ackroyd

Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but here, as a culmination, is his definitive account of the city. For him it is an organism with its own laws of growth and change, so he regards this as a "biography" rather than a history.
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Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but here, as a culmination, is his definitive account of the city. For him it is an organism with its own laws of growth and change, so this book is a biography rather than a history. Ackroyd reveals the dozens of ways in which the continuity of the city survives - in ward boundaries unchanged since the Middle Ages, in vocabulary and in various traditions - showing London as constantly changing, yet forever the same in essence.

Product Description

Title - London: The Biography

Edition -

Author - Peter Ackroyd

ISBN 13 - 9781856197168

Imprint - Chatto & Windus

Publisher - Vintage Publishing

Date Published - 05/10/2000

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No. of pages -

Binding Type - Hardback

Dimensions - 162 x 241 x 48mm

Weight - 1260 g

Languages - English