Secret London: Exploring the Hidden City, With Original Walks And Unusual Places to Visit

Author - Andrew Duncan ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Paperback Book item from Interlink Books was reviewed on 16-Oct-2008.

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1) Paperback Book Secret London: Exploring the Hidden City, With Original Walks And Unusual Places to Visit by Interlink Books. Fascinating guidebook with detailed walks of neighborhoods, some familiar, others not. But even the familiar in a city as old and complex as London has a hidden subtext. This book does much to unveil the the lesser known aspects with excellent descriptions, detailed maps and some interesting photos.
Even the most familiar tourist haunts such as Westminster and St. James have some hidden gems that are covered.
Very cool book to enhance your trip to London .¤

2) Paperback Book Secret London: Exploring the Hidden City, With Original Walks And Unusual Places to Visit by Interlink Books. Very interesting book. I haven´t read all of it but what I have read was great. I am using it for research at this time and will hope that in the future that I get the chance to visit all I am reading about. Good for the money!¤

3) Paperback Book Secret London: Exploring the Hidden City, With Original Walks And Unusual Places to Visit by Interlink Books. One of the outstanding "Interlink Walking Guides" series, Secret London: Exploring The Hiddin City: Exploring The Hidden City, With Original Walks And Unusual Places To Visit is a travel guide especially for the walking tourist determined to explore the greatest sights of London, including obscure treasures such as rivers long buried, ancient buildings, and sites where anyone can enjoy free lectures. Full-color photographs, extensive descriptions, street maps clearly illustrating the route of the walk, contact and opening time information, and much more fill this handy travel guide for the visitor who wants to see it all.¤

4) Paperback Book Secret London: Exploring the Hidden City, With Original Walks And Unusual Places to Visit by Interlink Books. I love this book! It has detailed instructions to find (and history of) little known spots in London that are marvelous. There are several color pictures and hand-drawn maps to help guide you on your walk.

Some of the fascinating bits of London that you can track down with this book are the rooftop gardens in Kensington, the underground tube stations that are no longer used and the rivers that have been tamed and paved over but still peek out here and there.

Even long-time residents will find new insight into their favorite city. Every time I go to London I search out one thing from this book and I´m always glad I did. For tourists, if you bring this book and an A-Z, and a copy of the latest Fodor´s or Eyewitness, you won´t want for anything else.¤

5) Paperback Book Secret London: Exploring the Hidden City, With Original Walks And Unusual Places to Visit by Interlink Books. Secret London is an essential companion for anyone committed to discovering the true heart of one of the world´s greatest capital cities. In more than 20 miles of original walks, distinguished historian Andrew Duncan uncovers London´s best-kept secrets. From ancient waterways and the vast network of tunnels that weave their way beneath the city´s streets to easily missed courtyards and gardens-each walk is full of surprises.

Andrew Duncan´s fascinating text delves beyond the obvious to reveal both London´s little-known gems and the remarkable histories of its most famous landmarks. Readers will be delighted to discover the existence of long-buried rivers, the remains of Roman structures, the web of top-secret offices, wartime shelters, and prison cells beneath the asphalt. Here, too, are intriguing tales of the rancorous battles over the statue of Eros, the mystery surrounding the Coade stone lion, and the grisly secret in one of Westminster Abbey´s broom cupboards.

Full-color photographs capture the treasures tucked behind every corner, while clear, easy-to-follow route maps highlight places of special interest. Secret London is without doubt the definitive guidebook to the private side of this very public city. "...offer[s] exceptionally clear maps, public transportation links..., places of interest along the way with interesting historical information and enough fascinating facts to keep the armchair traveller happy too. Highly recommended!" -The Travel Society "Historian and London tour guide Duncan walks tourists through hidden landscapes along spurs and rivers, the subterranean city, private land, Westminster, Whitehall, St. James, The City, and other less known parts of the capital. He includes color photographs, maps and visitor information." -Book News "Secret London uncovers inconspicuous gems and sheds light on the capital´s hidden attractions" -The Guardian

"Andrew Duncan has a feel for the city and a knack of finding (and linking) major sights and forgotten corners which few can match" -Journal of the London Society¤

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