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A gem for the tourist and armchair traveler alike, by the incomparable H. V. Morton. "The master of the genre." --Jan Morris
From London's roots as a Roman encampment, when the conquering Emperor Claudius led his war elephants triumphantly across the Thames, to this modern London of jagged ruins and hatless crowds, H.V. Morton brings the city's past to life in this text.
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This is a new release of the original 1931 edition.
Currently in its 40th printing with its original publisher in the UK, this is the book that one British newspaper has called "travel writing at its best. Bill Bryson must weep when he reads it." Whether describing ruined gothic arches at Glastonbury or hilarious encounters with the inhabitants of Norfolk, Morton recalls a way of life far from gone even at the beginning of a new century.