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Discovering London Curiosities (Shire Discovering)
John Wittich
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Description for Discovering London Curiosities (Shire Discovering)
Paperback. Curiosity is the desire to know or learn, inquisitiveness about trifles or other people's affairs, a curious matter or investigation, a vanity, a curious detail or feature. This book introduces readers to a London full of curiosities. Series: Shire Discovering. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; WQ; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 115 x 7. Weight in Grams: 158. New.
Curiosity is the desire to know or learn, inquisitiveness about trifles or other people's affairs, a curious matter or investigation, a vanity, a curious detail or feature. This book will introduce readers to a London so full of curiosities of all those definitions that they will in future 'watch where they go'. There must be many items that are passed every day without a second glance that would interest both the visitor and the Londoner - 'if I had known it was there and what it was'. For example, the statue of Charles I at Charing Cross and Aldgate Pump ... Read more
Curiosity is the desire to know or learn, inquisitiveness about trifles or other people's affairs, a curious matter or investigation, a vanity, a curious detail or feature. This book will introduce readers to a London so full of curiosities of all those definitions that they will in future 'watch where they go'. There must be many items that are passed every day without a second glance that would interest both the visitor and the Londoner - 'if I had known it was there and what it was'. For example, the statue of Charles I at Charing Cross and Aldgate Pump ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Shire Discovering
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747807605
SKU
9780747807605
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About John Wittich
John Wittich has lectured on London and architecture for many years, as a freelance and at various adult education colleges, the National Trust and summer schools. From 1962 to 1978 with Ron Phillips he pioneered walking tours in the City of London and its environs. A guide-lecturer of the London Tourist Board, he holds Fellowships of the Royal Society of ... Read more
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