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The People Who Made the City that Made the World
Riverhead Hardcover
June 2012
On Sale: May 31, 2012
336 pages ISBN: 1594487472 EAN: 9781594487477 Kindle: B0072O00HK Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction History
London is still the mother ship for Americans, many of whom
share the opinion of its tousle-headed, bicycle-riding mayor
- that indeed it's the best city in the world. And as the
capital takes center of the world stage with the 2012
Olympics, who better than Boris (as he is known) to convey
how London became one of the most exciting and influential
places on Earth?
Wearing his brilliance and erudition with characteristic
wit, Boris narrates the story of his city as a kind of relay
race of outsized characters, beginning with the days when "a
bunch of pushy Italians" created Londinium. He passes the
torch on down through a procession of the famous and
infamous, the brilliant and the bizarre - from Hadrian to
Shakespeare to Florence Nightingale to the Rolling Stones-
illuminating with unforgettable clarity each figure and the
era he or she inhabited. He also pauses to shine a light on places and developments
that have contributed to the city's incomparable vibrancy,
from the flush toilet to the King James Bible. As wildly
entertaining as it is informative, this is an irresistible
account of the city and people that in large part shaped the
world we know.
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