Author: Stephen Halliday

An extraordinary history PETER ACKROYD, The TimesA lively account of (Bazalgettes) magnificent achievements. . . graphically illustrated HERMIONE H...

A fascinating reference to the history of the Cathedrals and Abbeys of the UK and Ireland. The Amazing and Extraordinary Facts series presents inte...

Lose yourself in the vast sewer networks that lie beneath the worlds great cities past and present. Let detailed archival plans, maps and photogra...

A unique collection of surprising revelations, heroic deeds and other quirky pieces of trivia from the conflicts that have shaped London's fascinat...

A global guide to sewers that celebrates the magnificently designed and engineered structures beneath the world''s great cities. The sewer, in a...

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show. - Samuel JohnsonFrom Chaucers pilgrims meeting in a Southwark inn to the Hogwa...

London's Underground is one of the best-known and most distinctive aspects of the city. Since Victorian times, this remarkable feat of engineering ...

London is a city of markets: markets in meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, money, insurance, shipping and, occasionally, in stolen goods. As both a maj...

The Little Book of Crime and Punishment is a repository of fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts and trivia about the history of the...

Whether you want to learn about the teenager's skeleton from 1550 BC found at Stonehenge, explore the history of Britain's favourite beverages, tea...

Why did London have to wait so long for a main-line railway beneath its streets? For a few years in the mid-nineteenth century, Isambard Kingdom Br...

Victorian Britain was the world's industrial powerhouse. Its factories, mills and foundries supplied a global demand for manufactured goods. As Bri...