A Time Travelling History of London

Following the publication of London: A Travel Guide Through Time, join historian and broadcaster Dr Matthew Green on an historical journey through 800 years of London’s history, from the depths of the Middle Ages, through the time of Shakespeare, the Great Plague and Empire, to the pummelling of the city during the Blitz, and its resurrection in the gloomy 50s.

Using maps, lavish illustrations and vivid anecdotes, you will look on in awe as the city cracks out of its medieval shell, spills into the suburbs, and blossoms into ‘a human awful wonder of God’, the biggest megalopolis on the face of the earth.

In each time period, you will ‘visit’ both iconic and unusual places and ‘meet’ some eccentric characters who capture the zeitgeist of each successive age.