by Jo Swinnerton · Robson Books, Limited · tapa dura · ISBN 9781861057990
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«London Companion» is Jo Swinnerton's guide to London's history and curiosities, published by Robson Books in hardcover (153 pages, in English).
The book brings together hundreds of facts, stories, quotes, jokes and anecdotes about London, from the time when hippos swam in the Thames to the present day: it includes the Horseshoe and Faggott Cutting ceremony, the sale of Buckingham Palace to a tourist, and how many policemen fit on Nelson's Column.
On the cover it appears as The London Companion, with the subtitle A Think Book; it belongs to The Companion Series and was published in 2005.
For travelers and curious readers who want to approach London through its history and its most unusual anecdotes.
