A Celebration (And Map!) Of London: The Biography
Peter Ackroyd's masterwork approaches its quarter-century.
It’s one of the greatest books ever written about the capital. Peter Ackroyd’s London: The Biography (2000) is a sprawling tome that explores our city’s past through themed chapters. I owe this book a great debt. It first set me off on what became a lifelong obsession with the c…
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