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London's Strangest Tales Tom Quinn

London's Strangest Tales By Tom Quinn

London's Strangest Tales by Tom Quinn


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Summary

A quirky collection of stories from London's stranger side, featuring a tiny prison cell in Trafalgar Square, a train disguised as a ship, and a church that's completely the wrong way round.

London's Strangest Tales Summary

London's Strangest Tales: Extraordinary but true stories from over a thousand years of London's history by Tom Quinn

London's Strangest Tales takes a walk on London's weirder side with an absorbing collection of curious tales from one of the world's greatest cities. This fascinating book is packed with amazing things you didn't know about Britain's capital, like the fact that it's still forbidden to run, carry an umbrella or whistle in the Burlington Arcade, and the fat lamppost at the corner of Trafalgar Square that is secretly a tiny prison cell. And did you know that the entrance to Buckingham Palace you see from the Mall is actually the back door and not the front? The stories within these pages are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious and, most importantly, true.

This brand new edition, redesigned in splendid hardback for 2018, is a brilliant alternative guide to the city, whether you're a visitor, a daily commuter or one of its 8 million inhabitants.

Word count: 45,000

About Tom Quinn

Tom Quinn is a journalist, juggler, orange peel collector and expert on Victorian fish painters, who spends much of his time travelling round Britain looking for quirky subjects to write about. He has written five titles in the best-selling Strangest series. Tom also writes occasional obituaries for The Times and edits Country Business magazine.

Additional information

GOR009978476
9781911622024
1911622021
London's Strangest Tales: Extraordinary but true stories from over a thousand years of London's history by Tom Quinn
Used - Very Good
Hardback
HarperCollins Publishers
20180503
256
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