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Eccentric London

2007 Social Science
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Release : 2007
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 937/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Eccentric London by : Benedict Le Vay

Download or read book Eccentric London written by Benedict Le Vay. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benedict le Vay reveals London's most bizarre and macabre secrets with his novel approach, which doubles both as a thematic guide to the hidden attractions of the streets of London and a compelling insight into the citizens and culture of this historic city.

Ben Le Vay's Eccentric London

2012 Travel
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Release : 2012
Genre : Travel
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Book Rating : 946/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Ben Le Vay's Eccentric London written by Benedict Le Vay. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ...meet a man who listens to tube trains from the road above with a large hearing-trumpet, the inventor who made giant ships out of ice, a chap who rides down the river in an Edwardian bath chair, the guy with the world's biggest collection of pillar boxes...These are just a few of the colourful characters to be found in Eccentric London. This is an insider's guide to the city by someone who has lived, loved, eaten, drank and worked in London for five decades. He takes you to the best and most eccentric pubs and restaurants, specialist shops (26,000 stores selling £62billion worth of stuff a year), bizarre bookshops, weird museums, least-known secret neighbourhoods where you won't find tourists, but will find the utterly odd and amazing.Marvel at the petrified pile of century-old hot cross buns at the Widow's Son pub; discover what the 'Royal Ravenmaster' does for a living; and pay a visit to Pierre Vivant's curious tree, formed from 75 sets of blinking traffic lights. Ben le Vay's Eccentric London will help you dig beneath the capital's barmy surface to reveal the barmier world beneath.

Eccentric France

2003 Travel
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Release : 2003
Genre : Travel
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 688/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Eccentric France by : Piers Letcher

Download or read book Eccentric France written by Piers Letcher. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So you think eccentric France means frogs' legs and pigs' trotters? Think again. Piers Letcher takes you to places where you can feast on forgotten vegetables, saddle up for national donkey day, or gorge yourself at the world tripe championships. He also reveals the truth behind France's most colorful characters, including Coco Chanel, Joan of Arc, Mata Hari and the Marquis de Sade. This latest addition to the Bradt eccentric series makes fascinating reading for those looking to discover the hidden side of France, as well as for armchair travelers who delight in the extraordinary. Feeling adventures? Try your hand at pig-squealing, or brave the Rhone Valley's Crocodile Farm; Romantic? Visit the Lovers' Wall in Montmartre, or Provence's hidden Paradise; Festive? Indulge yourself at the Palais du chocolat, or take a Champagne cure; Or just plain curious? Check out the country's most unusual towns, gardens, hotels and restaurants.

Eccentric Britain

2005 Reference
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Release : 2005
Genre : Reference
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Book Rating : 227/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Eccentric Britain by : Benedict Le Vay

Download or read book Eccentric Britain written by Benedict Le Vay. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delightful romp around the British Isles searching out the mad marquess, the eccentric earl, the barmy baron, and the daft duke and gathering a fair collection of crackpot inventors, weird adventurers and fascinatingly and not to mention insanely curious customs along the way. All of which make this rainy little island home to that remarkable breed of individual - the British eccentric.This expanded book still doesn't tell you where Stonehenge is, but it does tell you where ten spookier stone circles are where there will be no crowds, no admission charges and no parking problems... This is a book for the intelligent, humorous, curious tourist who doesn't go with the crowd. It is also a great armchair read that has been known to have readers weeping with mirth at the weird ways of the British.

Ben Le Vay's Eccentric Cambridge

2011 History
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Release : 2011
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 276/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Ben Le Vay's Eccentric Cambridge by : Benedict Le Vay

Download or read book Ben Le Vay's Eccentric Cambridge written by Benedict Le Vay. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cambridge is a popular city for international tourists, keen to take a behind-the-scenes look at this old English university city's people and places. Benedict le Vay reveals hidden secrets and amazing stories of the city's architecture, scandalous stories of the most outrageous dons and, most importantly, how to punt on the River Cam without looking like a complete prat.

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