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Author:

Ackroyd, Peter.

Title:

London under : the secret history beneath the streets / Peter Ackroyd.

Publisher:

Anchor Books,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

228 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Underground areas--London--London--History.
Subways--London--London--History.
Tunnels--London--London--History.
London (England)--Description and travel.
London (England)--History.

Notes:

"Originally published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus"-T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. [207] -209) and index.

Contents:

Darkness visibile -- Rising up -- Holy water -- Forgotten streams -- Old Man River -- The heart of darkness -- The pipes of London -- The mole men -- The deep lines -- Far under ground -- Buried secrets -- The war below -- Deep fantasies.

Summary:

To go under London is to penetrate history, and Ackroyd's book is filled with the stories unique to this underworld: a hydraulic device was used to lower bodies into the catacombs in Kensal Green cemetery; the door in the plinth of the statue of Boadicea on Westminster Bridge leads to a huge tunnel packed with cables for gas, water, and telephone; sulphurous fumes waft through the Underground's Metropolitan Line. Peter Ackroyd tunnels down through the geological layers of London, meeting the creatures that dwell in darkness and excavating the lore and mythology beneath the surface.

ISBN:

0307473783
9780307473783

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)