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London's long history is an extraordinarily rich source of amazing facts, whether your interest is political, social, architectural, or historical. This book is bursting with insightful information, including: . Strange laws . Heroic deeds . Surprising revelations . Quirky stories Brief, accessible, and entertaining pieces on various subjects make it the perfect book to dip into. The Amazing and Extraordinary Facts series presents intriguing, surprising, and little-known facts and stories about various topics, guaranteed to inform, engage, and entertain. The ideal gift for those interested in history, cultural references, traditions, royalty, religion, architecture, historical figures and politics, geographic importance, and more! AUTHOR: Stephen Halliday is a historian specialising in British and industrial history. He is an authority on the history of London, and is the author of London Underground 9781910821442 and London At War 9781910821084 in Rydon's bestelling Amazing and Extraordinary Facts series. Stephen contributes articles and reviews to magazines such as Literary Review, BBC History and History Today. Stephen lives in Cambridge.

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