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London's Strangest Tales

Extraordinary but true stories from over a thousand years of London's history

Tom Quinn author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Published:3rd May '18

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London’s Strangest Tales takes a walk on London’s weirder side with an absorbing collection of curious tales from one of the world’s greatest cities. This fascinating book is packed with amazing things you didn’t know about Britain’s capital, like the fact that it’s still forbidden to run, carry an umbrella or whistle in the Burlington Arcade, and the fat lamppost at the corner of Trafalgar Square that is secretly a tiny prison cell. And did you know that the entrance to Buckingham Palace you see from the Mall is actually the back door and not the front? The stories within these pages are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious and, most importantly, true.

This brand new edition, redesigned in splendid hardback for 2018, is a brilliant alternative guide to the city, whether you’re a visitor, a daily commuter or one of its 8 million inhabitants.

Word count: 45,000

ISBN: 9781911622024

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 26mm

Weight: 240g

256 pages