A–Z of Curious London

Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics

Nonfiction, History, British
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Author: Gilly Pickup ISBN: 9780752493992
Publisher: The History Press Publication: October 1, 2013
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Gilly Pickup
ISBN: 9780752493992
Publisher: The History Press
Publication: October 1, 2013
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

An A-Z of eccentric characters, strange events, and curious happenings, this book reveals the amazing and curious history of the city of LondonSpooky, gruesome, and weird, but true, things about one of the world's greatest cities come alive here. Discover London's tiniest house, a 4,000-year-old mouse made from Nile clay, and the amazing things people leave on London's trains (including false teeth, a human skull, and even a park bench). Why did a dentist keep his dead wife on view in a shop window? Where did a shopkeeper murder 150 customers? Which Queen showed her bosom to an Ambassador? Why was a man arrested for wearing a top hat? In the center of the city, why is no thoroughfare called a road? To sum up, eccentrics, legends, folklore, murders, scandals, ghosts, incredible characters, and oodles of wow factor—it's all here.

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An A-Z of eccentric characters, strange events, and curious happenings, this book reveals the amazing and curious history of the city of LondonSpooky, gruesome, and weird, but true, things about one of the world's greatest cities come alive here. Discover London's tiniest house, a 4,000-year-old mouse made from Nile clay, and the amazing things people leave on London's trains (including false teeth, a human skull, and even a park bench). Why did a dentist keep his dead wife on view in a shop window? Where did a shopkeeper murder 150 customers? Which Queen showed her bosom to an Ambassador? Why was a man arrested for wearing a top hat? In the center of the city, why is no thoroughfare called a road? To sum up, eccentrics, legends, folklore, murders, scandals, ghosts, incredible characters, and oodles of wow factor—it's all here.

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