The Companion Guide to London (Companion Guides) - Hardcover

Piper, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 000211125X ISBN 13: 9780002111256

Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1974

Synopsis

The Companion Guide to London

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Review:

It is surely remarkable to write of a guidebook that is difficult to put down. But it is certainly true of this one. ECONOMIST
Calls our attention to everything beautiful, historic or curious left in the heart of London. SUNDAY TIMES
Has strong claims to be among the best guidebooks ever written. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Urbane, charming and supremely elegantly written, it contrives to impart lustre even to Leicester Square.HOUSE AND GARDEN
That unremittingly excellent work of topography, David Piper's Companion Guide.... GUARDIAN (Smallweed)

From the Publisher:

16 colour illustrations and 24 maps

David Piper's classic book is the most elegant, lyrical and stimulating of all guides to London, written with undisguised enthusiasm, intimacy and affection. It traverses London from Regent's Park to Lambeth, from the Tower of London to Kensington, with excursions on the river and forays to outlying points of interest, each chapter covering an area which can be comfortably walked in a day. The author draws out the individual character of each district through history, literature, art and architecture and his own informed and entertaining comments. This is an essential guide for those who really want to understand how London has developed; it has been thoroughly revised and updated for this new edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services
• Publication date: 1974
• ISBN 10: 000211125X
• ISBN 13: 9780002111256
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 478