by Peter Ackroyd · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099287377
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«London Under» is Peter Ackroyd's urban history essay, published by Vintage in paperback (208 pages, in English).
It traces the history of London's underworld: springs, Roman amphitheater, Victorian sewers, hiding places and subway stations. It descends through geological and archaeological layers, from a Bronze Age roadway to Anglo-Saxon tombs beneath St Paul's, and brings together real and legendary creatures of tunnels, buried rivers and catacombs.
The full original title is «London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets»; the first edition dates from 2011.
For readers interested in the history of London, urban archaeology and the subterranean world of great cities.
Peter Ackroyd is an English novelist, biographer and critic with a specialist interest in the history and culture of London. He is noted for his "technically innovative novels", the volume of work he has produced, the range of styles therein, his skill at assuming different voices, and the depth of his research.
