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Mudlark - In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames (Hardcover)
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Mudlark - In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames (Hardcover)
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Discovery Miles 5 100
You Save R109 (18%)
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Long heralded as a city treasure herself, expert "mudlarker" Lara
Maiklem is uniquely trained in the art of seeking. Tirelessly
trekking across miles of the Thames' muddy shores, where others
only see the detritus of city life, Maiklem unearths evidence of
England's captivating, if sometimes murky, history-with some
objects dating back to 43 AD, when London was but an outpost of the
Roman Empire. From medieval mail worn by warriors on English
battlefields to nineteenth-century glass marbles mass-produced for
the nation's first soda bottles, Maiklem deduces the historical
significance of these artifacts with the quirky enthusiasm and
sharp-sightedness of a twenty-first century Sherlock Holmes.
Seamlessly interweaving reflections from her own life with
meditations on the art of wandering, Maiklem ultimately
delivers-for Anglophiles and history lovers alike-a memorable
treatise on the objects we leave in our wake, and the stories they
can reveal if only we take a moment to look.
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