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London under : the secret history beneath the streets
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- Summary
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A short study of everything that goes on under London--from original springs and streams and Roman amphitheaters to Victorian sewers, gang hideouts, and modern tube stations.
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- Creator
- Peter Ackroyd
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First United States edition
- New York : Nan A. Talese, [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- 228 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780385531504, 0385531508
- OCLC
- ocn699764088
- "Originally published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-209) and index.
- Darkness visible -- Rising up -- Holy water -- Forgotten streams -- Old man river -- The heart of darkness -- The pipes of London -- The mole men -- The deep lines -- Far under ground -- Buried secrets -- The war below -- Deep fantasies