Explore London at the close of the 16th century – a city of courtiers, cut-throats, merchants, beggars, lawyers, dramatists, apprentices and adventurers. See the sights from Whitehall to Westminster Abbey, and visit bustling Bankside, noted for its breweries, bear-baiting and brothels. This intriguingly addictive guide, based on the works of Tudor authors and contemporary ephemera, provides an insider’s view of Elizabethan London, Europe’s ‘City of the Future’.
Extent: 160 pp
Format: Paperback
Illustrations: 82
Publication date: 2018-03-22
Size: 19.8 x 13.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500293867
Preparing for your Visit • Getting There, Settling In • Londoners • The Inner Man – and Woman • Law and Order • Meet Famous Elizabethans • Shopping • Celebrations • Entertainment • Must-See Sights • Away Days
Press Reviews
Times Literary Supplement
Family Tree
Of Beauty and Nothingness
This England
About the Author
Richard Tames lectures on history at Syracuse University London and is a Blue Badge guide. His twenty books on British history include England’s Forgotten Past.
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