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Author | : Dorian Gerhold |
Publisher | : Oxbow Books |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2021-10-31 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1789257549 |
Download London Bridge and its Houses, c. 1209-1761 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
London Bridge lined with houses from end to end was one of the most extraordinary structures ever seen in London. It was home to over 500 people, perched above the rushing waters of the Thames, and was one of the city’s main shopping streets. It is among the most familiar images of London in the past, but little has previously been known about the houses and the people who lived and worked in them. This book uses plentiful newly-discovered evidence, including detailed descriptions of nearly every house, to tell the story of the bridge and its houses and inhabitants. With the new information it is possible to reconstruct the plan of the bridge and houses in the seventeenth century, to trace the history of each house back through rentals and a survey to 1358, revealing the original layout, to date most of the houses which appear in later views, and to show how the houses and their occupants changed during five and half centuries. The book describes what stopped the houses falling into the river, how the houses were gradually enlarged, what their layout was inside, what goods were sold on the bridge and how these changed over time, the extensive rebuilding in 1477-1548 and 1683-96, and the removal of the houses around 1760. There are many new discoveries - about the structure of the bridge, the width of the roadway, the original layout of the houses, how the houses were supported, the size and internal planning of the houses, the quality of their architecture, and the trades practised on the bridge. The book includes five newly-commissioned reconstruction drawings showing what we now know about the bridge and its houses.
Author | : Patricia Pierce |
Publisher | : Headline Book Pub Limited |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780747234937 |
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For over 600 years, Old London Bridge represented the pulsating heart of London. The scene of commerce and battle, romance and ceremony, it remained a vibrant focal point for 20 generations of Londoners. This remarkable structure—with its drawbridge, nineteen arches, and nineteen piers—stood majestic through the centuries and was an inspiration to many who saw it. This is the story of the bridge, its inhabitants, and its extraordinary evolution—and of how it came to live on in affectionate folk memory, occupying a unique place in London’s heritage.
Author | : James Patterson |
Publisher | : Little, Brown |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2004-11-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0759512825 |
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Alex Cross must face the world's most dangerous agents, criminals, and assassins. The fate of the world rests in his hands. In broad desert daylight, a mysterious platoon of soldiers evacuates the entire population of Sunrise Valley, Nevada. Minutes later, a huge bomb detonates a hundred feet above the ground and lays waste to homes, cars, and playgrounds: a town annihilated in an instant. The Russian supercriminal known as the Wolf claims responsibility for the blast. Alex Cross is on vacation in San Francisco with his girlfriend, Jamilla Hughes, when he gets the call. World leaders have just four days to prevent an unimaginable cataclysm. Racing down the hairpin turns of the Riviera in the most unforgettable finale James Patterson has ever written, he confronts the truth of the Wolf's identity, a revelation that even Cross himself may be unable to survive.
Author | : Peter Jackson |
Publisher | : Phillimore |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Peter Spier |
Publisher | : Yearling Books |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1992-09-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780440407102 |
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Illustrates the singing game about London Bridge's falling down. Includes a history of the bridge and music.
Author | : Peter Jackson |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Bridges |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Ken Powell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780500343494 |
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Tower Bridge, close to the Tower of London, is one of the best-known and most recognizable bridges in the world. Opened on 30 June 1894, this combined suspension and bascule bridge was designed by architect Sir Horace Jones and engineer Sir John Wolfe Barry.This new book, published to mark the 125th anniversary of its opening, will explore the history of the bridge, set it into the context of the River Thames and its crossings, and will, above all, focus on its design and construction. Highly illustrated with old and new images, from material held in the London Metropolitan Archives to specially commissioned photographs, Tower Bridge: History * Engineering * Design is a major new illustrated study of a remarkable piece of architecture and engineering.
Author | : Richard Thomson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 728 |
Release | : 1827 |
Genre | : Bridges |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Christopher Fowler |
Publisher | : Bantam |
Total Pages | : 465 |
Release | : 2021-12-07 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0593356217 |
Download Bryant & May: London Bridge Is Falling Down Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
“Unbeatable fun . . . [Christopher Fowler] takes delight in stuffing his books with esoteric facts.” —The Guardian The brilliant duo of Arthur Bryant and John May uncovers a nefarious plot behind the seemingly innocuous death of an old lady—and when the case leads them to London Bridge, it all comes down on the Peculiar Crimes Unit. When ninety-one-year-old Amelia Hoffman dies in her top-floor flat on a busy London road, it’s considered an example of what has gone wrong with modern society: she slipped through the cracks in a failing system. But detectives Arthur Bryant and John May of the Peculiar Crimes Unit have their doubts. Mrs. Hoffman was once a government security expert, though no one can quite remember her. When a link emerges between the old lady and a diplomat trying to flee the country, it seems that an impossible murder has been committed. Mrs. Hoffman wasn’t the only one at risk. Bryant is convinced that other forgotten women with hidden talents are also in danger. And, curiously, they all own models of London Bridge. With the help of some of their more certifiable informants, the detectives follow the strangest of clues in an investigation that will lead them through forgotten alleyways to the city’s fabled bridge in search of a desperate killer. But just when the case appears to be solved, they discover that Mrs. Hoffman was smarter than anyone imagined. There’s a bigger game afoot that could have terrible consequences.
Author | : David Cadman |
Publisher | : Prestel Publishing |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
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In Europe these include Old London Bridge, the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, the Ponte di Rialto, Venice, and the Pont de Notre-Dame in Paris, as well as contemporary projects by Richard Rogers, Alsop and Stormer, SITE, Morphosis, Mario Bellini, Bernard Tschumi and other leading architects.