| Description |
829 pages : 1 genealogical table, maps ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
This saga follows the River Thames as it flows through the heart of London - from the days of the Romans, through sixteen centuries to the Victorian engineers who gave London its world-famous Tower Bridge, all the way to the dockland development today. Through the compelling lives and adventures of memorable characters - Julius, the small-time Roman coin forger, risking his life to find buried treasure; Dame Barnikel, who runs the tavern where Chaucer and his pilgrims carouse; Geoffrey Ducket, the founder of a dynasty whose members one day become peers of England; Edmund Meredith and the actors in Shakespeare's Globe Theatre; and little Lucy, living by Dickens' muddy Thames - we watch London grow from its first beginnings, hear the echoes in its stones and become part of the wonderful pageant that flows on still today |
| SUBJECT |
London (England) -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078205 -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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Fiction.
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| ISBN |
0712654194 |
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