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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 15, 2004
This slim, enjoyable volume by novelist/biographer Wilson (The Victorians) will make good airline reading for the college student en route to a London vacation. Similar to his other histories, it skims from Rome's founding of London to Mayor Ken Livingstone's proposals for the upkeep of the Tube. Where travel books usually map neighborhoods, this one maps out eras, which is why the reader should fi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
