Literary Guide to London

by Ed Glinert

From the Globe at Bankside to the Wimpole Street home of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, London is, and always has been, crammed with literary life. Playwrights, novelists, diarists, poets and essayists... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140279040
• ISBN13: 9780140279047
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Length: 449 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

An in-depth survey of London's literary history

As much for destination travelers as browsers, this provides an in-depth survey of London's literary history, listing local bookshops and specialties, settings which have appeared in famous classics, and describing themed walking tours of London. Any with an interest in London - particular those visiting - and literary history will relish this guide.