London Stories: London Walks

London Stories: London Walks

David Tucker

Language: English

Pages: 256

ISBN: 0753515059

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


Written by the expert guides of London Walks, London’s oldest, most acclaimed walking tour company, this collection includes local insight and knowledge that can only be gained through years of tour-leading experience. These theme-based walks offer something for everyone, whether a history buff, a fan of the paranormal, or those looking for fun off the beaten path. The walks include Sinister London, focusing on haunted London and Jack the Ripper; Literary London, from Shakespeare to Dickens; Public Houses, showcasing the old pubs of Soho; and a Mystery and Secrets walk exploring the city's hidden past. Perfect for tourists who want to experience London life beyond Trafalgar Square as well as for Londoners eager to step off the Circle Line and discover the secrets on their own doorstep, this guide offers a fascinating glimpse into the capital's rich history. With photos, maps, and illustrations to bring the stories to life, London Stories is for those who love London, written by those who know it best.

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was unable to burn off. Anne would find her increasingly obese, bad-tempered husband, with his permanently suppurating leg ulcer, distinctly unattractive, and Henry was impatient to be rid of her. On 29 January, an already difficult day when Catherine of Aragon was being interred at Peterborough Cathedral, Anne discovered her husband with a young lady-in-waiting named Jane Seymour sitting on his knee. Tragically, that night Anne miscarried of a fifteen-week-old foetus – the prince that might have

saved her. So we can picture the scene at the great May Day tournament. The frustrated and stony-faced king sitting with his queen in the royal box overlooking the tiltyard. We can imagine their total lack of rapport. Sir Henry Norris and the Earl of Rochford were listed to joust against each other. The former was a favoured courtier and trusted intimate of the King, the latter another favoured courtier and brother to the Queen. The story goes that they rode up together to the great tower

would, by the end of the eleventh century, be replaced by the great stone keep later known as the White Tower, with walls up to fifteen feet thick. Commanding the eastern approach to the city, it served as a threatening presence not only to possible invaders but to the Londoners themselves, and it was echoed on the western side by Baynard’s Castle and Montfichet Tower. Little remains physically of the medieval city, except the Tower, parts of the walls, the odd crypt and sections of churches,

Old City of London knew. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES Nick Day is an actor who has successfully divided his time between theatre, film and television. He has worked extensively at the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company where he appeared most recently in the Complete Works Festival. In London he has appeared in plays at the Almeida, Donmar Warehouse and Royal Court theatres and several times in the West End. In pantomime, more years ago than he cares to count, he fought a nightly

quays 13–14 Queen Victoria Street 31, 34 Raleigh, Sir Walter 171, 219 Rennie, John 26 Richter, Jakob 66 Rivett, John 153 Rogers, Richard 39, 46 Romans 1, 5, 9, 11–15, 16, 17, 18, 32, 188, 189–94, 196, 245 Rose Alley 55 Rose, The 52, 55–6 Rosee, Pasqua 37 Rossetti, Dante Gabriel 77–8 Roupell Street 179 Royal Exchange, The 40–1, 44, 265 Royal London Hospital 237 Samaritans 43 Savoy Hotel 157, 158, 159 Savoy Palace 153, 157 Scapula, Ostorius 191 Scotland Yard 235, 240 Second

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