Spitalfields Life
In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London
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2012
Saltyard Books (Verlag)
978-1-4447-0395-5 (ISBN)
Saltyard Books (Verlag)
978-1-4447-0395-5 (ISBN)
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A wonderful collection of authentic, colourful stories of life in the heart of London's East End, selected from the popular blog Spitalfields Life.
"I am going to write every single day and tell you about my life here in Spitalfields at the heart of London..."
Drawing comparisons with Pepys, Mayhew and Dickens, the gentle author of Spitalfields Life has gained an extraordinary following in recent years, by writing hundreds of lively pen portraits of the infinite variety of people who live and work in the East End of London.
Everything you seek in London can be found here - street life, street art, markets, diverse food, immigrant culture, ancient houses and history, pageants and parades, rituals and customs, traditional trades and old family businesses.
Spend a night in the bakery at St John, ride the rounds with the Spitalfields milkman, drop in to the Golden Heart for a pint, meet a fourth-generation paper bag seller, a mudlark who discovers treasure in the river Thames, a window cleaner who sees ghosts and a master bell-founder whose business started in 1570. Join the bunny girls for their annual reunion, visit the wax sellers of Wentworth Street and discover the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.
All of human life is here in Spitalfields Life.
"I am going to write every single day and tell you about my life here in Spitalfields at the heart of London..."
Drawing comparisons with Pepys, Mayhew and Dickens, the gentle author of Spitalfields Life has gained an extraordinary following in recent years, by writing hundreds of lively pen portraits of the infinite variety of people who live and work in the East End of London.
Everything you seek in London can be found here - street life, street art, markets, diverse food, immigrant culture, ancient houses and history, pageants and parades, rituals and customs, traditional trades and old family businesses.
Spend a night in the bakery at St John, ride the rounds with the Spitalfields milkman, drop in to the Golden Heart for a pint, meet a fourth-generation paper bag seller, a mudlark who discovers treasure in the river Thames, a window cleaner who sees ghosts and a master bell-founder whose business started in 1570. Join the bunny girls for their annual reunion, visit the wax sellers of Wentworth Street and discover the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.
All of human life is here in Spitalfields Life.
"In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London". Little is known of the enigmatic gentle author but every reader knows the gentle author is their intimate confidante and friend who reveals the candid stories of the remarkable people to be found in Spitalfields.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.3.2012 |
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Zusatzinfo | 170 |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 161 x 207 mm |
Gewicht | 807 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher | |
Reisen ► Bildbände | |
Reiseführer ► Europa ► Großbritannien | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4447-0395-1 / 1444703951 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4447-0395-5 / 9781444703955 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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