London: A Pilgrimage
Blanchard Jerrold author Gustave Doré illustrator Peter Ackroyd editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Anthem Press
Published:5th Sep '05
Should be back in stock very soon
An enlightening work that brings to life the chaotic and gloomy past of a great city on the cusp of modern times.
'London: A Pilgrimage' is a forgotten classic of social journalism, a frank and brutal look at the poverty striken, gin-swilling London of the nineteenth century, written in a perceptive, bold and gripping style.
'London: A Pilgrimage' was conceived in 1868 by the journalist and playwright Blanchard Jerrold. Accompanied by the famous artist Gustave Doré, Jerrold prowled every corner of the heaving metropolis, sometimes with plain-clothes police for protection. 'London: A Pilgrimage' is a forgotten classic of social journalism, a frank and brutal look at the poverty striken, gin-swilling London of the nineteenth century, written in a perceptive, bold and gripping style.
ISBN: 9781843311935
Dimensions: 199mm x 140mm x 26mm
Weight: 454g
280 pages