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Southwark Pubs (Paperback)
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Southwark Pubs (Paperback)
Series: Pubs
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List price R482
Loot Price R391
Discovery Miles 3 910
You Save R91 (19%)
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Southwark is one of London's oldest and most intriguing
neighbourhoods; a hotbed of culture and commerce that has played a
major part in the development of the capital. Its streets were
familiar to Shakespeare and Dickens, both of whom surely drank,
schemed and dreamed in the many inns and taverns that abounded.
This is where Chaucer's pilgrims began their long march to
Canterbury, and many centuries later it was a major terminus for
the many coaches that served the south of England. Four hundred
years ago Londoners flocked to the area to watch the latest
Shakespeare play at the Globe, or perhaps to visit one of the
area's numerous brothels. Bear-baiting and dogfighting were popular
attractions, too. People still pour into the area, although these
days in search of more innocent pleasures such as high art at the
Tate Modern, the foodie haven that is Borough Market or to catch a
performance at the recreated Globe on Bankside. The one thing that
has remained the same across the centuries is the diversity and
quality of the area's many pubs. Southwark Pubs offers an
historical guide to some of the borough's most fascinating
hostelries, from London's last surviving galleried coaching inn to
the Thameside tavern that waved the Pilgrim Fathers off on their
first voyage to America. There is a drop of liquid London history
for the lover of ale and anecdote alike.
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