The Hidden Lives Of London Streets: A Walking Guide To Soho Holborn And Beyond James Morton Robinson Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

London\ S Streets Have Always Worn A Variety Of Influences Reflecting The Diverse Crowds Who Live And Work On Them Take Walk Down Any Number Historic An Abundance Tales Exist In Bricks Mortar Waiting To Be Told Hidden Lives Takes Reader Journey Through Soho Piccadilly Mayfair Knightsbridge Chelsea Kensington Fitzrovia Clerkenwell Street Map Is Provided For Each Area Marking Out Buildings Which Various Activities - Some Forgotten Others Well-Remembered Took Place Stories Include Those Courtesans Such As Notorious Lola Montez Theresa De Cornelys Gave Lavish Balls At Their Home Square Were Little More Than Orgies During Man Playing Violin While Roller Skates Crashed Her Plate Glass Window Casanova His Quarrel With Marianne Charpillon After He Taught Parrot Say She Was \ Whore\ Clubs Great (The Gargoyle) Artistic (Muriel Belcher\ Colony) Small (Royston Smith\ Club Dwarves) Police Robberies Murder Executions Nightclubs Cinemas Theatres Villains Prostitution Beyond Mere Gangs Criminality Book Will Trace Social Changes That Gradually Unfolded Given Example Metamorphosis Old Compton Race 1920S Becoming Essentially Italian Being Part Gay Community Σελίδες: 176 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0227 Διαστάσεις: 12 4X12 4Cm