Brimming with gorgeous photos and witty text, this elegant book celebrates Londonâ€™s most renowned and historic pubs. For centuries the pub has been an essential part of Londonâ€™s

Great Pubs of London

Brimming with gorgeous photos and witty text, this elegant book celebrates Londonâ€™s most renowned and historic pubs. For centuries the pub has been an essential part of Londonâ€™s cultural and social fabric. This beautifully illustrated book takes readers through the doors of 25 historically and architecturally significant London pubs. Through photographs specially commissioned for this project, readers can explore these institutionsâ€•from snob screens to 400-hundred-year-old flagstone floors. Engaging texts highlight what makes each pub so special; their place in Londonâ€™s history, the personalities who have frequented them, the events that occurred inside, and the ways pubs have contributed phrases such as â€œon the wagonâ€ and â€œone for the roadâ€ to the modern lexicon. This book reveals why The Lamb and Flag in Covent Garden earned the nickname the â€œBucket of Bloodâ€, and features a pub that Charles Dickens described as a â€œgreat rambling queer old placeâ€. Furthermore, the book muses over the chances that Casanova paid a visit to The Dog and Duck in Soho, and uncovers the location of Charles De Gaulleâ€™s favorite wartime watering hole. These and other amusing anecdotal histories make this fascinating and luxuriously illustrated book a must-have for anyone with a love for the good old London pub.
Country USA
Brand Prestel
Manufacturer Prestel
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2016-10-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9783791382708

Country	USA
Brand	Prestel
Manufacturer	Prestel
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2016-10-25
UnitCount	1
EANs	9783791382708

Great Pubs of London

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