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YOU WILL NEVER TIRE OF THIS CITY

MANY WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED LONDON almost always come away with a feeling that it is a very special place - and that their stay there was a highlight.  This splendid book is a tribute by an author who is obsessed by London, by its history, its present and its future, by the characters and personalities that have given London its spirit - and by the combination of everything that has made it one of the world's most loved metropolises.

  • This book is a wonderful companion volume to Peter Ackroyd's "biography" of the River Thames that serves as the soul of London and with which - as he has done with this book - Mr Ackroyd guides us through hidden byways of history and geography, introducing readers to fascinating figures, places, observations and experiences.  There have never been travel books quite like it.

THIS IS A US FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER in very good, condition with clean, crisp and unmarked pages, an intact  dust-jacket and firm, square binding that wew have protected with a Brodart plastic cover. .  It has color as well as black-and-white illustrations and, in addition to a general index, it includes an essay on sources.  There are no signs of previous ownership.
  • The 18th Century literary genius Samuel Johnson said this: "Sir, when a man is tired on London, he is tired of life."  

Publisher: Nan A. Talese /Doubleday           ISBN: 0-385-49770-9          Nonfiction 

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