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London：A Biography

内容简介

HerearetwothousandyearsofLondon’shistoryandfolklore,itschroniclersandcriminalsandplaincitizens,itsfoodanddrinkandcountlesspleasures.Blackfriar’sandCharingCross,PaddingtonandBedlam.WestminsterAbbeyandSt.MartinintheFields.Cockneysandvagrants.Immigrants,peasants,andpunks.ThePlague,theGreatFire,theBlitz.Londonatalltimesofdayandnight,andinallkindsofweather.Inwell-chosenanecdotes,keenobservations,andthewordsofhundredsofitscitizensandvisitors,AckroydrevealstheingenuityandgritandvitalityofLondon.Throughauniquethematictourofthephysicalcityanditsinimitablesoul,thecitycomesalive.

作者简介

PeterAckroydisabest-sellingwriterofbothfictionandnonfiction.HehaswontheWhitbreadBiographyAward,theRoyalSocietyofLiterature'sWilliamHeinemannAward(joint),theJamesTaitBlackMemorialPrize,andtheGuardianfictionprize.HelivesinnorthLondon.(20010730)--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.

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