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Let time traveler Dr. Matthew Green be your guide to six extraordinary periods in London's history—the ages of Shakespeare, medieval city life, plague, coffee houses, the reign of Victoria and the Blitz. We'll turn back the clock to the time of Shakespeare and visit a savage bull and bear baiting arena on the Bankside. In medieval London, we'll circle the walls as the city lies barricaded under curfew, while spinning further forward in time we'll inhale the 'holy herb' in an early tobacco house, before peering into an open plague pit. In the 18th century, we'll navigate the streets in style with a ride on a sedan chair, and when we land in Victorian London, we'll take a tour of freak-show booths and meet the Elephant Man. You'll meet pornographers and traitors, actors and apothecaries, the mad, bad and dangerous to know, all desperate to show you the thrilling and vibrant history of the world's liveliest city.

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"Matthew Green's time travelling vehicle's headlights focus on fascinating details, time after time, as it swoops around London. A must for anyone interested in London's history. His research can't be faulted." —Liza Picard, bestselling author, Elizabeth's London and Restoration London

"It's a sizeable tome, yet written with such a storyteller's flare that the pages whizz by like a hover-converted Delorean . . . London: A Travel Guide Through Time is easily the most engaging social history of the capital since the books of Liza Picard a decade ago." —Matt Brown, Londonist

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Dr. Matthew Green is a historian who writes for the Telegraph and Guardian, and the co-founder of Unreal City Audio.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin UK; Reprint edition (October 1, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 512 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1405919140
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1405919142
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 1.4 x 7.75 inches

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- #5,068 in Great Britain History (Books)

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Tony G.

Am halfway through and am thoroughly enjoying this book!

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2023

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Just had a quick vacation in London and this book really brings the City's past to light for me. Love how you feel like you are traveling back in time. The author does a great job of combining history with sensory and visual descriptions. Great fun and very informative. Love love it. Would love to find more books like it.

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Sophia D-H

Great way to get into English history

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2018

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I’ve read a fair number of books on English History and my favorite ones have tended to center on life in London during a particular time period. So it is not really I surprise that I enjoyed this book. The thing that makes this one different than the other I’ve read is that it covers multiple time periods instead of just one. Each chapter covers a different year, taking you from modern London back in time to wander around London in 1665 for example. While some might call it more historical fiction than nonfiction it gives the reader a good whiff of what life was like – rendering historical facts in a lively, immediate manner. If you have trouble getting into English History, this is a good way to start. I have not read much modern or contemporary English History, so I was fascinated by the chapter set in 1957. The other thing that I adore about this book is the epilogue of each chapter, which lays out the buildings that still exist, if any, in modern day London from the time period you recently visited. It’s the perfect travel guide for any History nerd.

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Excellent!

Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2020

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The author writes in 2nd person POV (where the reader -- you -- becomes the main character), giving this history book the feel of a choose-you-own-adventure novel, yet the book is jammed with fascinating facts. He doesn't give you only the expected and ordinary (the Plague, the Great Fire, the Blitz) but slips in a fascinating history of coffee houses (he hates Starbucks), the inventor of the mini-skirt and 60s mod fashion, and the beginnings of mass media on Fleet Street. He has the reader "walk" about London to see the sites, as if on a real walking tour of the city, but he guides his reader through time as well as place.
His notes, found in an appendix in the back, are superb, thorough, and nearly as readable as the book itself.
This is a good choice for anyone interested in London, England, history, and/or travel.

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Auntcyn9

Lots to learn about the streets of London

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2021

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Lots to learn about the streets of London.How streets got their names who lived where the importance of churches it was really good

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P. Witt

Not typical tourist guide...interesting

Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2017

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Interesting book. Starts off a bit narley, definitely not your sugar coated tourist travel guide, very interesting though. If you like a more realistic view of a places history you will probably find this book an interesting read. I am enjoying.

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Yasmin Salas

A fantastic Historical juxtaposition of London Life!

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2015

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It's amazing how every day London life can pass you buy in a "grey" humdrum existence of catching the tube or running late for a meeting. Dr Greens book adds vivid color with historical accounts of past lives both atrocious and wonderful. There are many surprises that mirror each twist and turn of the ancient Streets. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and have no hesitation recommend it.

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David and Angela

it would have due to the poor quality maps but they are likely the editor's call

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2017

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Thoroughly evocative, entertaining and enlightening. Had I been able to remove a half a star, it would have due to the poor quality maps but they are likely the editor's call, not the author. At a minimum, Penguin should have included a more detailed map of the City. Thank goodness for Google maps.

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Michael C

Brilliant!

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2019

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One of the best travel books I have ever read! Wish he would write a concise "walking tour" version with contemporary maps etc so could actually do the walks!

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Very very interesting, but with a few caveats

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 21, 2016

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Hard to encapsulate this very unusual and idiosyncratic book. It seems to stem from the author's very successful lecture series and tour business in London, and there is nothing wrong with that. He certainly knows what he is talking about, and knows well how to make things interesting. It seems odd not to arrange the "visits" chronologically. He offers no particularly compelling reason for this, but then he has to go back and forth and make the connections which would have been unnecessary if they had proceeded chronologically. There is some quite unpardonable slang in the writing, which I suspect is the author wanting to establish street cred that he is not a "fusty academic" and is indeed a millennial. Perhaps I am too picky and old fashioned, but there really is a line between written and spoken English, and it ought not to be crossed in a serious work, and history is serious. Using language like this belittles one's topic - writing about the history of London, no matter how engagingly (which it is), does not require sprinkling the text with phrases that could be from rap songs or using the basest Anglo-Saxon words when there are others less offensive. To use one of the less offensive examples, how often does the author need to write sh*t, when excrement or faeces would do just as well? What is the point of this crudity?

Still, this is a wonderful book and I highly recommend it. I found it difficult to put down, and it made me want to go and hear the author talk or take one of his tours.

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Bers

A fabulous insight in to a city full of history

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 18, 2016

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I am a keen history reader, especially if it involves the Tudors, Victorians or anything about London. This book came up on my recommended list and I am so glad I ordered it as it is a wonderful read.
The format of the book is as a travel guide around the different eras of London, from Shakespearean to Medieval to Victorian, describing to the reader what they will see...from well known sights and buildings to the minutiae of the everyday activity and what you as a time travelling tourist could do and see. I loved the style of Dr Green's writing and how it seemed he was a real tour guide talking directly to you. The depth of knowledge and the obvious effort that has been put in to this book is astounding, a truly enjoyable and thrilling read. If you have taken the time to read this review and have even a smidgen of interest in the vast history of the amazing city of London then please buy this book. You will not regret it.

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Kenneth Barrett

Ingenious explorations

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 16, 2019

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Matthew Green has hit upon an ingenious way of bringing London's past alive, placing his readers in a geographical location and then throwing a switch that takes them back into a specific period in the past.

To do this convincingly a writer needs to have immense grasp of historical detail, and this the author most certainly has. His research is formidably wide ranging, and his style of writing is both entertaining and convincing.

Amongst the periods he covers are Shakespeare's London, the medieval period, the time of the plague, the late Victorian era, and the Blitz. Anyone with a serious interest in any of these periods will learn much.

Londoners will love this book. It might be an idea also to have Google Street View at hand, if you are not immediately able to visit the locations in person.

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Camille Demir

Just brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2015

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I bought this book having first seen Matt Green talk at the Port Eliot festival last year, where I was immediately gripped by his charismatic stage presence and great passion for his subject (in this case a talk about London's 18th century coffee houses).

I was delighted then, in reading this long anticipated book, to see how his unique voice translates most beautifully into written form - indeed, this book pulses with his trademark energy and zest. Dr Green's great skill is not just that of a historian and a storyteller, but that of a curator; his unique eye and unfettered curiosity leads him to uncover hidden rocks to reveal unexpected and delicious nuggets at every turn. The way in which he collides these ideas and stories in this book makes for a truly fresh and original take on history.

It has made me see London (a city I thought I knew so well) in a whole new light.

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Mollers

Close your eyes and imagine.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 15, 2016

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I bought this book after seeing a copy in the souvenir shop at Wakehurst Gardens, West Sussex, which was for sale at twice the price I paid on Amazon.
As lover of all things historic it's a real treat, and takes you on a tour of London in Shakespearean 1603, medieval 1390, plague struck1665, Victorian 1884, post blitz 1957, and to finish 1716. It is very descriptively written, and takes the form of guided tours through the streets with lots of interesting facts, and information on the sights, smells and sounds of the day, if you close your eyes and use your imagination you can almost be there. A lovely book to keep and read again and again, it would also make a great gift.

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