Shakespeare's London On 5 Groats A Day

Author: Richard Tames

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  • : 21.99 NZD
  • : 9780500293867
  • : Thames & Hudson Australia Pty, Limited
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  • : February 2018
  • : 198mm X 130mm
  • : United Kingdom
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Barcode 9780500293867
9780500293867

Description

This entertaining and fact-packed guide provides all the information you'll need to travel back in time to Elizabethan London - a booming city of courtiers, cutthroats, merchants, beggars, lawyers, dramatists, apprentices and adventurers. Find out the best way to the capital and where to stay. Saunter over London Bridge, with its hundreds of shops and houses. Glimpse Her Majesty at Whitehall, Europe's largest palace. Watch the finest plays and players at the Rose Theatre, and marvel at the bustle of business in the Royal Exchange. Go down to Greenwich to stand on the deck of the Golden Hind, the ship that Sir Francis Drake sailed around the world. This intriguingly addictive guide provides all you need to know to sightsee, shop and meet the famous in the capital of a nation stirring to greatness.