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Many of the greatest names in literature have visited or made their home in the colorful and diverse metropolis of London. From Charles Dickens to George Orwell, Virginia Woolf to Bernadine Evaristo, London’s writers have bought the city to life through some of the best known and loved stories and characters in fiction.

This book takes you on an area-by-area journey through London to discover the stories behind the stories told in some of the most famous novels, plays and poems written in, or about, the city.

* Find out which poet almost lost one of his most important manuscripts in a Soho pub.

* Discover how Graham Greene managed to survive the German bomb that destroyed his Clapham home.

* Climb down the dingy steps from London Bridge to Thames path below and imagine how it felt to be Nancy trying to save Oliver Twist, only to then meet her own violent death.

* Drink in same pub Bram Stoker listened to the ghost stories that inspired Dracula, the plush drinking house where Noel Coward performed, and the bars and cafes frequented by modern writers.

* Tour the locations where London’s writers, and their characters lived, worked, played, loved, lost and died.

This is the first literature guide to London to be fully illustrated with beautiful color photographs throughout the book. This unique book can be used a guidebook on a physical journey through London, or as a treasury of fascinating, often obscure tales and information for book lovers to read wherever they are.

ISBN-13: 9781399001144

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Publication Date: 01-12-2022

Pages: 128

Product Dimensions: 5.60(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.40(d)

Series: City Guides

Sarah Milne was born in Hastings but has lived in around London most of her life. Sarah is a life-long book lover. Since childhood, she has enjoyed discovering all about anywhere she visits (and dreams of visiting) through the area’s stories and literature. Sarah is a journalist and freelance writer with a passion for writing both fiction and non-fiction, especially when it is about stories and books!

Table of Contents

Foreword 6

1 Central London

Bloomsbury 8

Soho 19

Covent Garden, Charing Cross and Tafalgar Square 29

The Strand 33

Charing Cross 37

Holborn and Clerkenwell 38

The City 50

Westminster 57

Mayfair 62

Marylebone 65

Fitzrovia 71

2 North West London

Camden 77

Regents Park 81

Primrose Hill 82

Hampstead Heath 84

St. John's Wood 89

3 North London

Islington 90

Highgate 93

Holloway and Highbury and Stoke Newington 95

4 East London

The East End and Docklands 96

Limehouse and the Isle of Dogs 97

Wapping 98

Spitalfields 98

Whitechapel 99

5 South London

Southwark and Bankside 100

Camberwell and Peckham 103

Deptford 104

Clapham 105

Brixton 106

Crystal Palace and Norwood 107

Beckenham and Bromley 108

6 South West London

Belgravia, Knightsbridge and Pimlico 109

Kensington and Earls Court 112

Chelsea and Fulham 113

7 West London

Bayswater 116

Notting Hill 119

Holland Park 120

Chiswick 121

Hammersmith 122

Novels, Poems and Writing Included 123

Bibliography 126