London: The Biography
by ACKROYD, Peter
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0099422581
- ISBN 13
- 9780099422587
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
London: Vintage / Random House. Very Good. 2001. Softcover. 0099422581 . A softcover UK edition of Peter Ackroyd's history of the great English capital, which has been acclaimed as THE book about London. From the earliest days with Caesar's first expedition to Britain in 54 BC, to the turn of the twenty-first century, this work carries the reader through the rich and varied life of the city. Chock full of b&w and color photos, paintings and drawings, along with maps and a chronology. Indexed. --- In stiff wraps with multiple color images to covers. --- An excellent copy: tightly-bound and sturdy, though with mild tanning to leaves.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xxiii, 822 pages .
Synopsis
Peter Ackroyd is a best-selling writer of both fiction and non-fiction. He has won the Whitbread Biography Award, the Royal Society of Literature’s William Heinemann Award (joint), the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Guardian fiction prize. He lives in London.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87504
- Title
- London: The Biography
- Author
- ACKROYD, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0099422581
- ISBN 13
- 9780099422587
- Publisher
- Vintage / Random House
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- 0099422581
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>England, UK and UK History; >>European History;
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