Eccentric London (The Bradt Travel Guide) (Bradt Travel Guides) - Softcover

Le Vay, Benedict

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841620416 ISBN 13: 9781841620411

Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides, 2002

Synopsis

Looking at the eccentric people, places and events of the capital, this is a guide to exploring little-known London curiosities such as eccentric shopping, time-warp stores, speciality shops and off-beat street markets. It goes behind the scenes of famous addresses and offers tales from the graveyard, collectomanics and strange stores, as well as eccentric people from crackpot collectors to barmy characters from history.

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Review:

'Those who read it are unlikely ever to look at London, or Londoners the same way again.' Britain Calling 'One of the best (guides to London).' The Mayfair Times 'Beautifully illustrated with lavish colour photography and black and white drawings. Worth buying for the front cover alone.' Essex Courier 'An endlessly fascinating book, written with huge charm, that explores the eclectic curiosities of London past and present.' The Good Book Guide

From the Back Cover:

Meet a man who listens to Tube trains from the road above with a large hearing-trumpet, the inventor who made giant ships out of ice, a chap who rides down the river in an Edwardian bath chair, the guy with the world's biggest collection of pillar boxes...These are just a few of the colorful characters to be found in Eccentric London, the fascinating follow-up to Benedict le Vay's sell-out book, Eccentric Britain. Here the London-born author revisits his childhood stomping grounds and devises district-by-district guides to everything compelling, curious, bizarre, absurd or hilarious. Plus the oddest shops, museums, jobs, pubs and people you could possibly imagine. (5 1/4 x 8 1/2, 384 pages, illustrations, maps)

About this edition

• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1841620416
• ISBN 13: 9781841620411
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384