9780243463510 - Twice Round the Clock, or the Hours of the Day and Night in London (Classic Reprint) de Sala, George Augustus (3 resultados)

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book offers a day-and-night study of the pulsating heart of Victorian-era London in twice-hourly snapshot form. From the hours of 4 am to 4 am, the author, a journalist and keen observer of urban life, takes the reader on a vivid guided tour of a metropolis in constant flux and evolution. The book is an entertaining and revealing blend of hard fact, anecdote, and gritty observation of the city's social strata, from its bustling markets and newspaper offices to its bustling theaters and raucous nightlife. Within this impressive work, the reader is treated to a gloriously evocative guidebook to a bygone city at the very height of its cultural and industrial renown. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.