Londonopolis: A Curious History of London Baroque Paddington has become a true

Paddington has become a true icon of British storytelling

Publisher: Yale University Press

London grew and flourished

and John Betjeman

Londonopolis: A Curious History of London Baroque Paddington has become a trueTake a whimsical journey through the backstreets, landmarks, cemeteries, palaces, markets, and secret gardens of London in Londonopolis. This delightfully offbeat history uncovers the strange, hidden, and often hilarious stories of the capitalwhere philosophers rubbed shoulders with gangsters, tube stations stored national treasures, and the streets whispered legends of fairies, war, and dinosaurs. Spanning centuries and boroughs, this is a