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Walking the West End

David Long
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781837051526
  • Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 12 Nov 2026
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

The West End of London has long been a magnet to those attracted by impressive architecture and grand streets and squares. This detailed book delves deep into its eight distinctive areas, to present the stories behind the façades of buildings old and new, taking the reader down side streets into corners that even Londoners tend to miss to reveal who lived where, and how a whole new London developed to the west of the Roman-walled medieval city to evolve into the gilded ‘west end’.

Following a path around Mayfair, St James's, Fitzrovia, Bloomsbury, Soho, Covent Garden and Strand, Westminster and Whitehall and Belgravia, this book presents a multitude of historic locations, from the well-known such as the Palace of Westminster, Downing Street, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Horse Guards, Somerset House, Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square, the Royal Opera House, or Marble Arch, to the vastly lesser-known. This easy-to-read guide offers an intriguing insight, street by street, into the beating heart of London.
About David Long
Well-received by reviewers and readers alike, DAVID LONG's engaging, imaginative and well-informed books reflect an unquenchable thirst for those events and personalities that illuminate the past. An author and writer since leaving university, his work has appeared on TV and radio, as well as in The Times, countless magazines and London’s Evening Standard. As well as being an award-winning ghostwriter, he has written a number of books on London, including London's 100 Strangest Places, London's 100 Most Extraordinary Buildings, London's Secret Square Mile, When Did Big Ben First Bong?, and the highly successful The Little Book of London.

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