The famous chronicler of London Peter Akraid decided to go down to his underground depths.
There was a whole ghost city with its streets, rivers, monasteries … and sewage. Under the feet of residents and tourists lies the unknown story of London: from monuments of the Bronze Age, Roman sidewalks and medieval cemeteries to the world’s first metro stations. Unreliable soils on which the city stands give it a halo of mystery and fragility. The author considers his hometown under an unusual angle “from below” and makes readers carefully walk along the streets and bridges, because life is also seething in the bottom below. “The city is alive, it is breathing …” – such is the leitmotif of the long -awaited novelty from Akraid.
Author
Akraid Peter
Editor
Hemlin A.
Translator
Finogenov Alexander, Osokin Artem
Publisher
Olga Morozova Publishing House, 2015
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