The House by the Thames: And the People Who Lived There

by Gillian Tindall

Book Overview

Just across the River Thames from St Paul's Cathedral stands an old and elegant house. Over the course of almost 450 years the dwelling on this site has witnessed many changes. From its windows, people have watched the ferrymen carry Londoners to and from Shakespeare's Globe; they have gazed on the Great Fire; they have seen the countrified lanes of London's marshy south bank give way to a network of wharves, workshops and tenements - and then...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844130940
• ISBN13: 9781844130948
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Pimlico
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.7"