{"product_id":"pie-and-mash-down-the-roman-road-9781473641976","title":"Pie and Mash down the Roman Road","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN 2018 AND THE ANDR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eÉ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e SIMON FOOD BOOK AWARDS 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Filled with hearty goodness and packed together with care, this will go down a treat'' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Rich and compelling''\u003ci\u003e Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An accomplished social history ... lively and absorbing'' \u003ci\u003eWho Do You Think You Are?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe fascinating history of an iconic East End institution from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSilvertown\u003c\/i\u003e, Melanie McGrath. \u003c\/b\u003e G Kelly''s Pie and Mash has been run by the same family in the Roman Road in Bow for nearly a hundred years; an East End institution and the still point of a turning world. Outside its windows the Roman Road has seen an extraordinary revolution - from women''s liberation and industrialisation to wars and immigration - and yet at its heart it remains one of the last traditional market roads of London.\u003ci\u003ePie and Mash down the \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExtraordinary and very moving\u003c\/b\u003e;\u003cb\u003e yet more proof\u003c\/b\u003e, if proof were needed, \u003cb\u003ethat there is no such thing as an ordinary person.\u003c\/b\u003e * Julian Fellowes *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliant, funny, fascinating. Beautifully written, carefully researched, wonderfully told.\u003c\/b\u003e * Danny Wallace *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFilled with hearty goodness and packed together with care, this book will go down a treat.\u003c\/b\u003e * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer empathetic ability to inhabit vanished streets and catch authentic voices\u003c\/b\u003e - at a point when you wonder how much longer they will be around - \u003cb\u003eis rich and compelling\u003c\/b\u003e * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eA still point in a turning world . . . \u003cb\u003ea shop front onto the past\u003c\/b\u003e * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn emotional encounter with Bow's very tumultuous history\u003c\/b\u003e * Roman Road LDN *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautifully written and impeccably researched\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePie and Mash down the Roman Road \u003c\/i\u003edraws you right into the heart of the vibrant East End community * Rosie Hendry, author of the East End Angels series *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn accomplished social history ... lively and absorbing\u003c\/b\u003e * Who Do You Think You Are? magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePacy and breath-taking\u003c\/b\u003e; Melanie tells it like it is and was. The Roman Road market life is a force to be reckoned with, and\u003cb\u003e I loved every word\u003c\/b\u003e. * Carol Rivers, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Wartime Christmas *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFascinating insight, a love letter to London\u003c\/b\u003e. It's very well written, thoroughly researched and a perfect insight into a slice of history, as tasty as the best pie and mash. * Glenda Young, author of Belle of the Back Streets *\u003cbr\u003eAnybody nostalgic about their London roots will love this \u003cb\u003eimpressively researched,  absorbing gem of a book\u003c\/b\u003e * Kay Brellend, author of the Campbell Road series *\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739523559767,"sku":"9781473641976","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473641976.jpg?v=1720052483","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pie-and-mash-down-the-roman-road-9781473641976","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}