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Book SynopsisHas strong claims to be among the best guidebooks ever written. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH It is surely remarkable to write of a guidebook that it is difficult to put down. But it is certainly true of this one. ECONOMIST Calls our attention to everything beautiful, historic or curious left in the heart of London. SUNDAY TIMES David Piper's classic book is the most elegant, lyrical and stimulating of all guides to London, written with undisguised enthusiasm, intimacy and affection. It traverses London from Regent's Park to Lambeth, from the Tower of London to Kensington, with excursions on the river and forays to outlying points of interest, each chapter covering an area which can be comfortably walked in a day. The author draws out the individual character of each district through history, literature, art and architecture and his own informed and entertaining comments. This is an essential guide for those who really want to understand how London has developed; it has been thoroughly revised and updated for this new edition. DAVID PIPER was an art historian, director of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, from 1973-1985, and before that director of the National Portrait Gallery, London; FIONNUALA JERVIS, who revised the guide, has edited and contributed to numerous historical and art historical publications, and in the course of this revision has walked every step of the way in David Piper's footprints from her home in Kensington.
Trade ReviewIt is surely remarkable to write of a guidebook that is difficult to put down. But it is certainly true of this one. * ECONOMIST *
Calls our attention to everything beautiful, historic or curious left in the heart of London. * SUNDAY TIMES *
Has strong claims to be among the best guidebooks ever written. * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
Urbane, charming and supremely elegantly written, it contrives to impart lustre even to Leicester Square. * HOUSE AND GARDEN *
That unremittingly excellent work of topography, David Piper's Companion Guide.... GUARDIAN [Smallweed] * . *
Table of ContentsThames; The Tower and Tower Hill; Piccadilly, Green Park and the Haymarket; Leicester Square and Soho; St James's; Mayfair and perimeter - Park Lane, Oxford Street, Regent Street; Trafalgar Square; Whitehall and the Houses of Parliament; Westminster Abbey; St James's Park to Tate Britain; Belgravia, Victoria and Pimlico; Hyde Park; Knightsbridge and South Kensington; Chelsea; Bloomsbury; St Marylebone South; St Marylebone North - Regent's Park; Covent Garden; Fleet Street and the Strand; legal London - Inns of Court - Temple to King's Cross; Bank; a circuit about the Bank; St Paul's; Liverpool Street to Blackfriars; Holborn Circus to the Guildhall; South Bank - Southwark to Lambeth; points of interest beyond; envoi; travel; museums; churches.
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