{"product_id":"london-the-biography-9780385497718","title":"London: The Biography","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere are two thousand years of London's history and folklore, its chroniclers and criminals and plain citizens, its food and drink and countless pleasures. Blackfriar's and Charing Cross, Paddington and Bedlam. Westminster Abbey and St. Martin in the Fields. Cockneys and vagrants. Immigrants, peasants, and punks. The Plague, the Great Fire, the Blitz. London at all times of day and night, and in all kinds of weather. In well-chosen anecdotes, keen observations, and the words of hundreds of its citizens and visitors, Ackroyd reveals the ingenuity and grit and vitality of London. Through a unique thematic tour of the physical city and its inimitable soul, the city comes alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePETER ACKROYD \u003c\/b\u003eis also the author of \u003ci\u003eLondon Under, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eShakespeare: The Biography\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThames: The Biography\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVenice: Pure City\u003c\/i\u003e; acclaimed biographies of T. S. Eliot, Dickens, Blake, and Sir Thomas More; and several successful novels. He has won the Whitbread Book Award for Biography, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Somerset Maugham Award, among others.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646589899026,"sku":"9780385497718","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3b2364fd-e8c9-4942-8b09-a4d607635227.jpg?v=1733181232","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/london-the-biography-9780385497718","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}