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Great Britain by Stephen Halliday 9781910821206
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.34Great Britain unearths the hidden legends, laws, landscapes, discoveries, adventures and locations that have shaped Britain's compelling, and at times, tumultuous past. Explore how Britain was... -
Cathedrals and Abbeys Stephen Halliday 9781910821046
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.74Cathedrals and abbeys are the most beautiful and iconic buildings of the British Isles, and have formed the bedrock of our nation for centuries. This absorbing collection of amazing and extraordinary... -
London Underground by Stephen Halliday 9781910821442
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.34This is is a fascinating and useful reference to the history of the London Underground that reveals new insights into the history of the iconic transport system - the perfect gift for commuters,... -
London at War Stephen Halliday 9781910821084
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.34"Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: London at War" is a unique collection of surprising revelations, heroic deeds and other quirky pieces of trivia from the conflicts that have shaped London's... -
Underground Railways of the World Stephen Halliday 9781910821404
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.34Over 200 underground railways are in service or under construction around the world. Many although of great importance to their cities and passengers are otherwise unremarkable, however others have... -
Newgate: London's Prototype of Hell by Stephen Halliday
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.48There have been more prisons in London than in any other European city. Of these, Newgate was the largest, most notorious and worst. Built during the twelfth century, it became a legendary place -... -
Underground to Everywhere by Stephen Halliday 9780750925853 [USED COPY]
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $3.94Since Victorian times, London's Underground has made an extraordinary contribution to the economy of the capital and has played a vital role in the daily life of generations of Londoners.About the... -
Fictional London: A Guide to the Capital's Literary Landmarks by Stephen Halliday 9780750994057
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.48'By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.' - Samuel JohnsonFrom Chaucer's pilgrims meeting in a Southwark inn to the Hogwarts Express leaving from King's Cross, London has... -
Underground to Everywhere: London's Underground Railway in the Life of the Capital by Stephen Halliday 9780752497723
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.61London's Underground is one of the best-known and most distinctive aspects of the city. Since Victorian times, this remarkable feat of engineering has made an extraordinary contribution to the... -
Amazing and Extraordinary London Underground Facts by Stephen Halliday 9780715332771 [USED COPY]
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $3.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780715332771Author Stephen HallidayFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint -
Journey to Crossrail: Railways Under London, From Brunel to the Elizabeth Line by Stephen Halliday 9780750987851
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.20Why 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 Brunel's broad-gauge Great Western trains ran from... -
The Great Stink of London: Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis by Stephen Halliday 9781803993287
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $19.43'An extraordinary history' PETER ACKROYD, The Times'A lively account of (Bazalgette's) magnificent achievements. . . graphically illustrated' HERMIONE HOBHOUSE'Halliday is good on sanitary... -
The Thames Tideway Tunnel: Preventing Another Great Stink by Mr Phil Stride 9780750989817
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $19.43In 1858 the 'Great Stink of London' made much of the city along the Thames uninhabitable. Between 1848 and 1854 nearly 25,000 Londoners died of cholera, a disease borne by foul water. Joseph... -
Ludo and the Power of the Book: Ludovic Kennedy's Campaigns for Justice Richard Ingrams 9781472109088
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.92'Stirring' Roger Lewis, Daily Mail, BOOK OF THE WEEK'A warm and worthy tribute' The Times'Elegantly written, thought-provoking' The Lady'A lucid and affectionate portrait of one of the great... -
Queen Victoria's Matchmaking by Deborah Cadbury
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.63A captivating exploration of the role in which Queen Victoria exerted most international power and influence: her role as matchmaking grandmother. In the late nineteenth century, Queen Victoria... -
Queen Victoria's Matchmaking by Deborah Cadbury 9781408852910 [USED COPY]
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $4.46A captivating exploration of the role in which Queen Victoria exerted most international power and influence: her role as matchmaking grandmother. In the late nineteenth century, Queen Victoria had...