0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel & holiday guides > Restaurant & pub guides

Not currently available

Great Pubs of London (Hardcover, New edition) Loot Price: R687
Discovery Miles 6 870
You Save: R142 (17%)
Great Pubs of London (Hardcover, New edition): George Dailey

Great Pubs of London (Hardcover, New edition)

George Dailey; Foreword by Ian McKellen; Photographs by Charlie Dailey

 (1 rating, sign in to rate)
List price R829 Loot Price R687 Discovery Miles 6 870 | Repayment Terms: R64 pm x 12* You Save R142 (17%)

Bookmark and Share

Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.

For centuries the pub has been an essential part of London's cultural and social fabric. This beautifully illustrated book takes readers through the doors of 25 historically and architecturally significant London pubs. Through photographs specially commissioned for this project, readers can explore these institutions-from snob screens to 400-hundred-year-old flagstone floors. Engaging texts highlight what makes each pub so special, their place in London's history, the personalities who have frequented them, the events that occurred inside, and the ways pubs have contributed phrases such as "on the wagon" and "one for the road" to the modern lexicon. This book reveals why the Lamb and Flag in Covent Garden earned the nickname the "Bucket of Blood," and features a pub that Charles Dickens described as a "great rambling queer old place". Furthermore, the book muses over the chances that Casanova paid a visit to The Dog and Duck in Soho, and uncovers the location of Charles De Gaulle's favorite wartime watering hole. These and other amusing anecdotal histories make this fascinating and luxuriously illustrated book a must-have for anyone with a love for the good old London pub. An updated and expanded edition of the best-selling Great Pubs of London, this book features a map, an index, new pictures and additional chapters on The Lamb, The Argyll, and The Viaduct Tavern.

General

Imprint: Prestel Publishing Ltd
Country of origin: Germany
Release date: June 2017
Authors: George Dailey
Foreword by: Ian McKellen
Photographers: Charlie Dailey
Dimensions: 270 x 210 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Edition: New edition
ISBN-13: 978-3-7913-8395-8
Categories: Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel & holiday guides > Restaurant & pub guides
Books > Travel > Travel & holiday guides > Restaurant & pub guides
LSN: 3-7913-8395-7
Barcode: 9783791383958

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

Partners