The Rough Guide to London is the ultimate travel guide to one of the world's most exciting cities. In full color throughout and with dozens of photos to illustrate London's great buildings, iconic landmarks, and distinctive neighborhoods, this updated guidebook will show you the best the city has to offer, from Olympic Park to markets and museums, gourmet restaurants, and hidden pubs.
Another BBC World Services Learning English program. The London Life series ran from September 2005 to April 2007. The series covers 83 programs, ranging from ethnic groups living in London to the waxwork museum. Each program is accompanied by an audio recording, the transcript of the program, the summary of the program with a glossary. There is also a comprehension quiz with some of the articles. Excellent listening and vocabulary practice.
London in the eighteenth century was a new city, risen from the ashes of the Great Fire of 1666 that had destroyed half its homes and great public buildings. The century that followed was an era of vigorous expansion and large-scale projects, of rapidly changing culture and commerce, as huge numbers of people arrived in the shining city, drawn by its immense wealth and power and its many diversions.
Originally published in 1962 and made in 1967 into an acclaimed documentary film starring James Mason, this book has been a must-have for anyone with an interest in London ever since
January, 1649. After seven years of fighting in the bloodiest war in Britain's history, Parliament had overpowered King Charles I and now faced a problem: what to do with a defeated king, a king who refused to surrender? Parliamentarians resolved to do the unthinkable, to disregard the Divine Right of Kings and hold Charles I to account for the appalling suffering and slaughter endured by his people. A tribunal of 135 men was hastily gathered in London, and although Charles refused to acknowledge the power of his subjects to try him, the death sentence was unanimously passed.
