{"product_id":"london-the-biography-by-ackroyd","title":"London: The Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003eMuch of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but here, as a culmination, is his definitive account of the city. For him it is a living organism, with its own laws of growth and change, so London is a biography rather than a history. It differs from other histories, too, in the range and diversity of its contents. Ackroyd portrays London from the time of the Druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs, but this is not a simple chronological record. There are chapters on the history of silence and the history of light, the history of childhood and the history of suicide, the history of Cockney speech and the history of drink.\n\nLondon is perhaps the most important study of the city ever written, and confirms Ackroyd's status as what one critic has called 'our age's greatest London imagination.'\n\nThis is the 2001 Paperback Edition. The book is offered in Good condition, a solid reading copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ackroyd, Peter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House UK\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eYear:\u003c\/b\u003e 2001\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780099422587\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wombats Book Nook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52619561599259,"sku":"SCAN-19-E74D49AA","price":9.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1033\/6269\/1355\/files\/57_b7cb8338-7464-4eb9-b3ca-9813fd255203.jpg?v=1784354396","url":"https:\/\/wombatsbooknook.com.au\/products\/london-the-biography-by-ackroyd","provider":"Wombats Book Nook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}