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London's Strangest Tales

2016-02-12 History
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Release : 2016-02-12
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 300/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis London's Strangest Tales by : Tom Quinn

Download or read book London's Strangest Tales written by Tom Quinn. This book was released on 2016-02-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London’s Strangest Tales takes a walk on London’s weirder side with an absorbing collection of curious tales from one of the world’s greatest cities. This fascinating book is packed with amazing things you didn’t know about Britain’s capital, like the fact that it’s still forbidden to run, carry an umbrella or whistle in the Burlington Arcade, and the fat lamppost at the corner of Trafalgar Square that is secretly a tiny prison cell. And did you know that the entrance to Buckingham Palace you see from the Mall is actually the back door and not the front? The stories within these pages are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious and, most importantly, true. Revised, redesigned and updated for a new generation of London-lovers, this book is a brilliant alternative guide to the city, whether you’re a visitor, a daily commuter or one of its 8 million inhabitants. Word count: 45,000

London's Truly Strangest Tales

2017-03-16 History
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Release : 2017-03-16
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 874/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis London's Truly Strangest Tales by : Tom Quinn

Download or read book London's Truly Strangest Tales written by Tom Quinn. This book was released on 2017-03-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More extraordinary but true stories from London’s history. In this fascinating follow-up to his bestselling London’s Strangest Tales, Tom Quinn makes a further foray into the weirder side of the capital, bringing us a splendiforous collection of bizarre-but-true stories that explore a thousand years of London’s history. Discover the ghosts that stalk West End theatres, the mysterious mummy who lives in a City church cupboard, and secret tunnels under the Thames. Find out why there’s a TARDIS at Earl’s Court, why frogs once rained from the skies, and why the mulberry tree in the gardens at Buckingham Palace isn’t quite what it was supposed to be. A dip-in-and-outable treasure trove of London lore, London’s Truly Strangest Tales is both an ideal gift for dyed-in-the-wool Londoners who want to find out more about the great city they live in, and the perfect souvenir for people just passing through. Word count: 58,000

More London's Strangest Tales

2015 London (England)
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Release : 2015
Genre : London (England)
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 189/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis More London's Strangest Tales by : Tom Quinn

Download or read book More London's Strangest Tales written by Tom Quinn. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this follow-up to his bestselling London's Strangest Tales, Tom Quinn delves even deeper into the endlessly fascinating and sometimes bizarre history of one of the world's great capitals. More London's Strangest Tales explains why Napoleon's nose is built into the structure of Admiralty Arch, why the schoolboys at Westminster play football with a real pancake and why at least one English king enjoyed dressing up in women's clothes. More London's Strangest Tales also explains why each new Bishop of Southwark must play leapfrog at least once in the grounds of Southwark Cathedral, why the masters of the Fishmongers' Company still beat the waters of the Thames each year and why Winston Churchill once had himself lowered in a bucket into a London sewer.

London's Strangest Tales: Historic Royal Palaces

2014-05-23 Humor
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Release : 2014-05-23
Genre : Humor
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Book Rating : 890/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis London's Strangest Tales: Historic Royal Palaces by : Iain Spragg

Download or read book London's Strangest Tales: Historic Royal Palaces written by Iain Spragg. This book was released on 2014-05-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London's Royal Palaces are still some of the most visited places in England. A great deal of their official histories are well known. But London's Strangest Tales: Historic Royal Palaces reveals the bizarre, funny and surreal events and episodes that have occurred over the centuries on the grounds of these beautiful buildings. It gives an alternative history: from the wandering inebriated zebras at the Tower of London, the cricket ball that probably killed a king, and the mystery of Kew's disappearing mosque. This is a wonderful collection for anyone with an interest in the history and heritage of our palaces and in London life generally.

London Underground's Strangest Tales

2013-01-31 Humor
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Release : 2013-01-31
Genre : Humor
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Book Rating : 168/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis London Underground's Strangest Tales by : Iain Spragg

Download or read book London Underground's Strangest Tales written by Iain Spragg. This book was released on 2013-01-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of London's Underground, or as it is affectionately referred to, the Tube. Though this isn’t the usual side of the Tube the tourists, travellers and residents see. (Though, of course, they do see a great deal of strangeness in their daily commutes!). This is the real Underground, the strange and twisted nooks and crannies of what happens hundreds of metres below millions of London legs – from its peculiar past through to its paranormal present and looking forward to its fascinating future. Following on from the bestselling Portico Strangest titles now comes a book devoted to London's globally envied, and much loved, public transport system. Located deep beneath the heart of Greater London, the Underground is awash with more strangeness than you can shake your pre-paid Oyster card at. In 2013 the whole city will be celebrating the Underground's 150th birthday – the oldest underground in the world. So, pack up your old kit bag and travel stop-by-stop with us on this strange and fantastic journey along the Northern, Picadilly, Metropolitan, Jubilee, Hammersmith and City and District Line ... and explore the Underground as you've never seen it before. London Underground's Strangest Tales is a treasure trove of the humorous, the odd and the baffling – an alternative travel guide to the Underground's best-kept secrets. Read on, if you dare! You have been warned. Word Count: 35,000

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