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.
