The Historic Thames

by Hilaire Belloc

Book Overview

BELLOC'S INSPIRED CONSIDERATION OF THE THAMES IS FULL OF INFORMATION AND COMMENT ON THE HISTORY OF THE RIVER AND ITS INFLUENCE, INCLUDING THE SURROUNDING SETTLEMENTS, GEOGRAPHY, POLITICS, SOCIAL... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530293588
• ISBN13: 9781530293582
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Absolutely Delightful

This was considered a minor classic during the early part of the twentieth century. Nothing better has replaced it--we've just gotten stupider. This book is the type of remarkable work that one rarely sees nowadays: it's a geogaphic description of the Thames from its source to the sea and the human history tied up with the river (as well as a debunking of some of the myths of the reformation). This farrago is really a forerunner of the psycho-geography written by Peter Ackroyd (such as his vastly entertaining work, London). A great book.