A historie of London & Londoners
By: Sean Boru
Publisher: History
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Stroud
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780752448619
Subjects: History; Social life and customs; Manners and customs
Description: "An entertaining romp through the history of England's capital city traces its origins as a simple marketplace in AD 50 to the sprawling metropolis of today. An invaluable souce of trivia, this book is unique in that it not only charts by year and period the events that shaped London, but looks at the history of crime and hanging, the police, prisons, the executioners, health, English as a language, nursery rhymes, slang, sayings, and their origins. It also tells the fascinating story of how the capital got its street names and the history of signs. It finishes with a compilation of great people who lived in and made a difference to one of the world's most popular tourist spots."--Publisher's description.