London Lore The legends and traditions of the worlds most vibran
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London Lore The legends and traditions of the worlds most vibran by Steve Roud
A guide to London folklore, superstition and traditional stories. It includes stories ranging from the man in gray who haunts the Theater Royal in Drury Lane to the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green via the true stories behind Sweeney Todd and Spring-Heeled Jack.
It is a wonderful collection of stories and legends, to be recommended to anyone who is at least half in love with the dark side of London's past -- Peter Ackroyd The Times [An] absorbing compendium by folklore expert Steve RoudHe excavates the history of the capital, from obscure suburban streets to famous sites like the Tower of London The London Paper I've been enthralled ... The book's real strength lies [in] its exposure of deeper levels of custom, tradition and magical thinking that lie beneath the smooth Tarmac of contemporary realism -- Will Self Evening Standard A spellbinding study of our city's folklore ... digs through layers of hearsay and speculation to investigate how and why the stories and traditions arose in the first place Newham Recorder An absorbing and fascinatingly thorough book Harrow Observer
Steve Roud recently retired from his position as Local Studies Librarian for the London Borough of Croydon and served as Honorary Librarian of the Folklore Society for over fifteen years. He has been researching British folklore for over thirty years and is the author of many books on the subject, including The English Year, published to great acclaim in 2006, and The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland, which won the Katharine Briggs Folklore Award in 2004. He is also joint author, with Jacqueline Simpson, of the Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore. His other work in folklore includes compiling the Folk Song Index and the Broadside Index, two internationally renowned computer databases of traditional folk and popular song.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847945112 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847945112 |
| Title | London Lore The legends and traditions of the worlds most vibran |
| Author | Steve Roud |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2008-10-09 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
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