A masterpiece of local history, by the Queen of the genre; Gillian
Tindall has acquired a devoted readership through her lovingly
researched works, such as the prize-winning "The House" by the
Thames and "Celestine: Voices from a French Village". A journey
through time: from a scattering of cottages along a pre-roman horse
track, to a medieval parish and staging post for travellers,
onwards into a prosperous Tudor village favoured by gentlemen for
their country seats and an 18th century resort of pleasure gardens
eventually transformed by a warren of railway lines into a thickly
populated working-class district. Fragments of this past can still
be found by the observant eye. This is one of a precious handful of
books (such as Montaillou and Akenfield) that in their precise
examination of a particular locality open our understanding of the
universal themes of the past. In this case it is Kentish Town in
London that reveals its complex secrets to us, through the
resurrection of its now buried rivers and wells, coaching house,
landlords, traders, and simple tennants.
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