A Traveller's History of London / Edition 3

by Richard Tames

Overview

A Traveller's History of London gives a full and comprehensive historical background to the capital's past and covers the period from London's first beginnings, right up to the present day—from Londinium and Lundenwic to Docklands' development. It reveals the city's hidden treasures and forgotten places and guides the reader to the sights and sites that can still be seen and enjoyed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781566564847
Publisher:	Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated
Publication date:	03/01/2003
Series:	Interlink Traveller's Histories
Edition description:	Subsequent
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Richard Tames read history at Cambridge and took his Master's Degree at the University of London. He was Head of External Services at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

Editorial Reviews

"Author Richard Tames provides a lively comprehensive account of the [UK] capital's 2000 year history."

"...recommended for both would-be visitors and armchair travellers alike: It provides a historical background to London and condenses 2000 years of history into a lively, readable format which will prove particularly inviting for history buffs who want to have the book in hand while visiting parks, museums and historical sites around London."

"...dip into Richard Tames's literary, lyrical A Traveller's History of London."

"...the quirky nature of Tames's information and the sheer depth of research is a total joy."

From the Publisher

"...dip into Richard Tames's literary, lyrical A Traveller's History of London."

The Sunday Telegraph *

"...the quirky nature of Tames's information and the sheer depth of research is a total joy."

Westminster & Pimlico News

"...recommended for both would-be visitors and armchair travellers alike: It provides a historical background to London and condenses 2000 years of history into a lively, readable format which will prove particularly inviting for history buffs who want to have the book in hand while visiting parks, museums and historical sites around London."

The Midwest Book Review *

"Author Richard Tames provides a lively comprehensive account of the [UK] capital's 2000 year history."

The Daily Telegraph *

...recommended for both would-be visitors and armchair travellers alike: it provides a historical background to London and condenses 2000 years of history into a lively, readable format which will prove particularly inviting for history buffs who want to have the book in hand while visiting parks, museums, and historical sites around London.

Midwest Book Review

From the historical to the hip, these two travel guides offer very different approaches to travel in this much-visited city. In his first travel book, Hammond skips about London, from the East End to Notting Hill Gate, sneering at popular tourist attractions, quoting from better and more interesting travel guides, and pointing out the former haunts of every British pop star ever known. Though mildly amusing, Hammond's hip references remain obscure for the average American, and his humor is too often merely mean-spirited. (Bill Bryson does this sort of thing so much better in Notes from a Small Island, LJ 4/1/96.) Tames (author of the Japan volume in the "Traveller's History" series) has written a pleasant but very brief history of London, of questionable value to travelers. Primarily a chronological review of aspects of London's history (e.g., livery companies, the growth of retailing, religion, and riots), the book pays an inordinate amount of attention to transportation and includes a very short section describing a few major tourist sites. Neither book offers any useful information regarding opening times, getting around the city, or finding restaurants or accommodations, and the maps in Hammond's book are crude. Any number of books on London are superior to these two. Libraries are advised to buy an additional (or first) copy of Michael Leapman's Eyewitness London (DK, 1993) instead.--Linda M. Kaufmann, Massachusetts Coll. of Liberal Arts Lib., North Adams

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