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London Secrets - Style, Design, Glamour, Gardens (Hardcover)
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London Secrets - Style, Design, Glamour, Gardens (Hardcover)
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London Secrets unlocks the city's most fascinating secrets. Janelle
McCulloch strips away bricks, mortar and tarmac to uncover parts of
the capital that even born and bred Londoners may never have seen.
In the shadow of the Gherkin, Cheesegrater and Walkie-Talkie
skyscrapers are medieval churches, crypts and the curios of
Postman's Park - proof that altruism can exist in the Square Mile.
In St James's, a stone's throw from the glitz and glamour of Soho
are hidden squares and shops dating from a gentler age - purveyors
of fine wine, gentleman's apparel and bowler hats. The cobbled mews
of Marylebone and Hampstead Village reveal unexpected treasures,
rarely seen interiors and a rural idyll amid the urban hum. While
the esoteric collections at the Horniman, Sir John Soane's Museum
and exotica of Leighton House make you feel you are in an entirely
different country altogether. The author reveals the traditions and
quirks that have survived to this day, from the freedom of the City
of London allowing you to herd sheep through the town, to the
"market ouvert" of Bermondsey Market, original home of the London
wheeler-dealer. Lavishly photographed and researched, London
Secrets will shed a whole new light on this most vibrant - and
surprising - of cities.
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