Paperback of this exhaustive and minutely researched biography of the city of London which has
been hailed by various critics as "the" book on the city. A vivid and anecdotal overview which
takes from the time of the Druids to the turn of the millennium and which looks at subjects
such as childhood suicide Cockney sppech and drinking in relation to London's history.
"Nothing can quite match the huge strange echo chamber of life-stories folktales and urban
myths conjured up in Peter Ackroyd's epic vision of his native city" "Daily Telegraph".
