The English Heritage Guide to London's Blue Plaques by Ronald Hutton

The English Heritage Guide to London's Blue Plaques by Ronald Hutton

Blue plaques, bearing names both familiar and intriguing, can be found all across the capital. From VIRGINIA WOOLF to VINCENT VAN GOGH, CHRISTOPHER WREN to ALAN TURING, MAHATMA GANDHI to EMMELINE PANKHURST, the plaques celebrate an incredible array of London's past residents. Whether they be musicians, scientists, sports stars, artists, actors, inventors or politicians - this compact English Heritage guide reveals, with wit and insight, the stories of London's most extraordinary men and women and the homes in which they lived. The blue plaque scheme's historian, Howard Spencer, draws on the text of 2009's Lived in London while adding his own expertise for over 100 new plaques. At 512 pages, and with over 150 colour and black-and-white images, this is the definitive guide to London's blue plaques. The blue plaque scheme's historian, Howard Spencer, draws on the text of 2009's Lived in London while adding his own expertise for over 100 new plaques. With over 150 colour and black-and-white images as well, this is the definitive guide to London's blue plaques. And especially for the ebook edition, all postcodes link to google maps if your device allows.

'A fascinating new guidebook' - The Times

English Heritage is a registered charity that looks after the National Heritage Collection. This comprises over 400 of England's historic buildings, monuments and sites spanning more than 5,000 years of history. Ronald Hutton heads up the blue plaques program for English Heritage.

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ISBN 13	9781910463390
ISBN 10	1910463396
Title	The English Heritage Guide to London's Blue Plaques
Author	Ronald Hutton
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	September Publishing
Year published	2016-10-27
Number of pages	512
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